Talk:Texas sharpshooter fallacy

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[edit] Examples (a.k.a. Sid is bickering at 2am)

I'm not really sure how the examples demonstrate the fallacy. Could somebody maybe edit them to point out the link? Maybe showcase only one of these examples (like the lottery one) and make it clearer who made what hypothesis and used what data? I can sorta-kinda guess what the examples are aiming at, but overall, I'm feeling somewhat unsatisfied. --Sid 19:49, 11 August 2008 (EDT)

The main point is that the hypothesis is formed after the data is collected. I agree that the "example" section is hard to follow. ħuman ^sub 20:35, 11 August 2008 (EDT)