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andreyvit
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A Digital Rumor Should Never Lead to a Police Raid
It's a textbook case of base rate fallacy. [1]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_rate_fallacy
n72
on Sept 23, 2016
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No, it's not. BRF has two components: Generic information about the frequency of events and specific information about the case in question. The item in question doesn't contain these. The item in question is a much simpler point.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_rate_fallacy