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I'm currently reading Factfulness, and now I cringe whenever I see the word "gap" used in headlines like this.

edit: Getting downvoted for this tells me that not enough people here are reading Factfulness. Everyone who has read it knows what I'm talking about.

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You're probably being downvoted for not explaining what the book taught you that makes you cringe. Saying you read a book and now look down on some common, innocuous matter comes off as pretentious if you don't bother to give any insight.

I'm pretty sure pretentiousness is not a cause for downvoting on HN, not from my observation.

I'll get back to you with my decision about whether to read an entire book to make heads or tails of your obscure comment.

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