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April 6, 2015 · 9:51 pm

SO BRAVE: decision-making using anecdotes vs data

“So to avoid bravery debate framing, here is a table showing the tradeoffs.” (for decision-making using anecdotes vs data) http://carcinisation.com/2014/09/09/considerations-on-reasoning-by-anecdote/

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