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		martythemaniak on Jan 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple dials back car's self-driving features and d... "Your anecdote is irrelevant, look at my vast dataset of unrepresentative samples"

stevage on Jan 23, 2024 [–]

At the very least I am claiming that one data point is less valuable than multiple datapoints.

sharadov on Jan 23, 2024 | [–]

I know several Tesla owners - and live in a place where practically every second car is a Tesla. So my sample size is significant.

stevage on Jan 23, 2024 | | [–]

Personally, I wouldn't consider "several" to be "significant", but each to their own.

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