That's spooky, we were literally just talking about stickdeath in the office and then this shows up.

And most people weren’t talking about it, but it’s inevitable that some were, and I guess that’s you. Surely you’re not surprised about all the times when you’re not talking about something that then shows up on HN?

You talk about stuff everyday, and stuff shows up on HN everyday, eventually they’ll coincide.

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taneq 2 days ago | parent [-]

Oh my god do you think it was selection bias? No way, I’m certain it was spooky action at a distance! /s

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soulofmischief 2 days ago | parent [-]

The fallacy in question would be sharpshooter's fallacy. Selection bias is when a sample misrepresents the population.

	▲	taneq 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I kinda feel like these are two different views on the same basic 'mismatch-between-sampling-and-distribution' fallacy, what am I missing here?