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michaelt on June 5, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer

The measure "I see it all the time" depends on both where you're looking, and whether you're paying attention.

1% of people have a PhD - but if you work at a university, you'll see people with a PhD all the time.

d3nj4l on June 5, 2023 [–]

Yes, but that also means that a statement like "nobody gets a PhD" is absolutely untrue.

zakki on June 6, 2023 | | [–]

But 1% wrong is still better than “I see PhD everywhere”

cubefox on June 5, 2023 | | [–]

Approximately nobody gets a PhD. It's like saying: men are taller than women.

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