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		ericyd 6 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A lot of population numbers are fake To me, "no idea" simply means we don't have strong evidence to support any given conclusion, which I think is a well-defended position from the OP.

Dylan16807 6 days ago [–]

Widening your claimed range makes your evidence for the claim stronger. In this situation we can make useful conclusions with strong evidence, with population ranges that are annoyingly wide but not that wide.

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