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		dcurtis on April 28, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 10 reasons that start-ups 100% absolutely should o... Right, there are always exceptions. But you shouldn't give advice based on exceptional cases.

nazgulnarsil on April 28, 2008 [–]

doesn't this invalidate all advice since only statistics can give non-anecdotal advice?

swombat on April 28, 2008 | [–]

If you give advice about anecdotal cases, you should package it with advice about how to make that exception situation arise again.

If you don't know why it went well despite poor odds, don't give advice :-P

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