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Comment author: Emile 06 June 2012 03:38:38PM 3 points [-]

Suppose we call a Type A Error attempting to attack a thick problem with thin methods

As illustrated here.

Comment author: fubarobfusco 06 June 2012 04:41:50PM 0 points [-]

And, for that matter, here; indeed, it's one of XKCD's recurring themes.

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