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		jfindper 9 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Autism should not be treated as a single condition >RGB implies there are exactly three measures It's a metaphor. It helps people build an intuition. It doesn't need to be exact to do that.

dfxm12 9 days ago [–]

It doesn't have to be exact, but it's counter productive when it is clearly and meaningfully incorrect though. That's the problem with the two dimensional [0,1] scale as well.

jfindper 9 days ago | [–]

>so obviously incorrect though

I couldn't possibly disagree more.

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