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18 Post author: PhilGoetz 26 March 2013 04:47AM

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Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 26 March 2013 04:03:54PM 9 points [-]

I don't disagree with you as such, but I don't see why you're saying this. Ground-breaking industry game-changers are highly available examples by their nature, but they're also far from typical examples.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 30 March 2013 12:31:06AM 1 point [-]

"PhilGoetz says maybe this is an instance of X. I asserted that X happens so rarely that we can assume it never happens. Why are you bothering me with your instance of X?"