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RobinHanson's avatar

It is "nearly a hit", but among the misses it is much nearer than average.

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David Tufte's avatar

It's off the economics topic, but on for use of language:

George Carlin joked that when planes almost hit each other we call it a "near miss" when in fact it's a "near hit".

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