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		astazangasta on Jan 29, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Do Rich People Love Endurance Sports? (2017) Sticking my frequentist nose in here, this is maybe better described as the Base Rate Fallacy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_rate_fallacy

EForEndeavour on Jan 29, 2019 [–]

Nice, thanks! Though that page mentions and uses Bayes' Theorem a lot ;)

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