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When someone shoves "False Facts" like "Seven months is not enought time for X", that is an opinion. Who gives anyone the right to say "X Number of Months" is required for something non-specific? What a bunch of malarkey!

Nice job trying to elevate his opinion to a fact... you must agree with his biased opinion. As do everyone who has down-voted me.

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Troubadr, I have not downvoted you, but this being HN, I can tell you from experience that the tone of writing here is as important as your logic/idea. Your comments in this thread, although not fundamentally wrong or incongruous, appear to the readers as off-hand, drive-by commenting that one could get away with on Reddit or some random blog's comment thread. I would be very surprised if you put forth your ideas and arguments in a more lucid, fleshed-out manner and still face the same unpleasant downvoting.

> Who gives anyone the right to say "X Number of Months" is required for something non-specific? What a bunch of malarkey!

It's not a right, it's a matter of statistical significance. People who measure certainty actually care.

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