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FrameBenignly comments on Is semiotics bullshit? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: FrameBenignly 26 August 2015 01:50:39AM 0 points [-]

Population size != sample size If you took a course on the subject, then your n is substantially greater than 1. At a minimum you have the professor's opinion plus the opinion of each self-described semiotician you read from in the course to draw from in reaching your conclusion.