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Morendil comments on [draft] Generalizing from average: a common fallacy? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Morendil 06 March 2012 11:06:46AM 2 points [-]

You probably know the story of the three statisticians hunting a tiger? The first statistician's shot goes wild, one meter to the left. The second statistician applies a correction, but overcompensates and misses, one meter to the right.

And that's when the third yells "Got 'im!"