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To cluster or not to cluster?

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How does one reconcile the clustering illusion and Poisson clumping? Is the illusion really an illusion at all? 91.155.195.247 (talk) 16:04, 29 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Actual events can systematically cluster. Purely random events can appear to cluster. There's no contradiction between those two. Loraof (talk) 16:23, 29 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The article clustering illusion appears to discredit and ridicule the idea of clustering. Is that article correct? I mean not only technically correct, but giving the reader a correct impression of how randomness and clustering interact. 91.155.195.247 (talk) 19:06, 29 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The article doesn't discredit or ridicule the idea of clustering at all. I'm not sure what gave you that impression.
It's like saying that the article Software bug seems to ridicule the idea of using computers. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 19:53, 29 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]