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8 Post author: owencb 21 August 2014 11:10AM

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Comment author: owencb 22 August 2014 10:30:18AM 2 points [-]

Good example. It highlights that although erring on both sides should be a necessary condition for optimality when there's a full spectrum, it certainly isn't sufficient (and so as a fast rule of thumb it can be misled).