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Stenka25 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
A pronoun problem
a pronoun problem
The passage comes from the website below.
https://glose.com/book/five-ways-of-thinking-clearly/1-why-you-should-visit-cemeteries-survivorship-bias/a54ed
For example, it is much more common that we overestimate our knowledge than that we underestimate it. Similarly, the danger of losing something stimulates us much more than the prospect of making a similar gain. In the presence of other people we tend to adjust our behaviour to theirs, not the opposite. Anecdotes make us overlook the statistical distribution (base rate) behind it, not the other way round.
I'd like to ask a question regarding the underlined 'it'.
At a glance it seems to refer to 'the Anecdote'.
But the fact that 'anecdote' in this sentence is plural makes me hesitate my decision.
Can you confirm it for me?
One more question about 'the other way around'.
'The other way round' seems to imply that the statistical distribution made us overlook anecdotes behind it [=the statistical distribution]
Am I right?
Regards.
The passage comes from the website below.
https://glose.com/book/five-ways-of-thinking-clearly/1-why-you-should-visit-cemeteries-survivorship-bias/a54ed
For example, it is much more common that we overestimate our knowledge than that we underestimate it. Similarly, the danger of losing something stimulates us much more than the prospect of making a similar gain. In the presence of other people we tend to adjust our behaviour to theirs, not the opposite. Anecdotes make us overlook the statistical distribution (base rate) behind it, not the other way round.
I'd like to ask a question regarding the underlined 'it'.
At a glance it seems to refer to 'the Anecdote'.
But the fact that 'anecdote' in this sentence is plural makes me hesitate my decision.
Can you confirm it for me?
One more question about 'the other way around'.
'The other way round' seems to imply that the statistical distribution made us overlook anecdotes behind it [=the statistical distribution]
Am I right?
Regards.
Top answer
That piece of text is not written clearly, and I had to read it a couple of times to try and figure it out. I believe the "it" refers to "logic" mentioned above in that paragraph. And yes, you're right about the second point.
- That piece of text is not written clearly, and I had to read it a couple of times to try and figure it out.
- I believe the "it" refers to "logic" mentioned above in that paragraph.
- And yes, you're right about the second point.
- "The other way around" implies the statistical distribution making us overlook the anecdotes.
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That piece of text is not written clearly, and I had to read it a couple of times to try and figure it out. I believe the "it" refers to "logic" mentioned above in that paragraph.
And yes, you're right about the second point. "The other way around" implies the statistical distribution making us overlook the anecdotes.
And yes, you're right about the second point. "The other way around" implies the statistical distribution making us overlook the anecdotes.
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