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[-] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 48 points 5 months ago

Comparing the most recently available GDP growth data for one year across multiple major economies : cherry picking

Wondering why data from several decades ago (during the height of rapid massive industrialization that countries tend to only ever do once in their entire history) wasn’t included : not cherry picking

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip -3 points 5 months ago

One year is meaningless. A few years ago China's economy did much worse (covid), so someone could pick that year and make things up. You need to look at a trend for it to mean anything.

[-] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 12 points 5 months ago

All knowledge must include trend lines, otherwise it is not knowledge. Thus spake the god of epistemology.

[-] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Orcocracy's razor.

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