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Emmett Shear@eshear• almost 2 years ago

Before you try to explain why a trend is happening, it's worth spending at least as much time figuring out if the trend even exists at all.

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monk@mechanical_monk• almost 2 years ago
Replying to @eshear

@eshear 🧘 https://t.co/3CypjPFXKW

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monk@mechanical_monk• over 2 years ago

a lesson from undergraduate econ that i remember to this day is that before you come up with an explanation for a phenomenon you should make sure that the phenomenon actually exists

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