Talk:2618: Selection Bias

Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
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Why is the site giving errors so much? 172.70.130.121 21:19, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

It just went down for about ten minutes. Once in a while I was able to get pages to load, but it was rare (probably 3-5 times). Most of the pages that did load had no CSS. 172.70.130.161 22:03, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
I blame a secret global infiltration by brain-eating extraterrestrials bent on steadily eroding our infrastructure while we kill each other in stimulated warfare. Do you agree with this common hypothesis? 172.70.114.241 01:00, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

I love the current explanation of the title text, thanks Kev ;-) --Kynde (talk) 06:38, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

I am the individual on mobile who revised the referenced text so as to mention engineers. This above comment by Kynde was added after my revision, but links to the previous version which was not current at the time of their post. I do not know why they call it current. 162.158.62.123 07:07, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
Hear, hear! A true gem! 172.69.134.17 07:37, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
Thank you kindly, meanwhile I return to find a much improved BALLPIT APPARTMENT and have come to say I got that reference and heartilly approve'Italic text'Kev (talk) 22:27, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
I agree wholeheartedly, but what does it have to do with selection bias??? 172.70.114.241 01:06, 13 May 2022 (UTC)Bumpf
I don't get it at all, which kind of defeats the point of Explain XKCD when people are adding inside jokes. 172.70.130.121 05:06, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
it's a reference to 150: Grownups and 162: Angular Momentum, two very well known xkcd comics (so much so they are the footer comics!)172.69.69.250 13:35, 13 May 2022 (UTC)Bumpf

Acquiescence bias is often used in sales to try to induce a bigger sale. Asking, "Will there be anything else?" instead of "Is that all?" can make a significant difference in the amount of a sale, even though you are still leaving the decision up to the customer. Nutster (talk) 06:30, 13 May 2022 (UTC)