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Do Napoleon: A Life next.",{"value":99,"source":87,"evidence":100},"Explanations of economic concepts are good",[101],{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"34635589","hot_gril","It gave me a really good explanation of why costs aren't totally passed onto consumers, and what conditions affect how much cost is passed on. Also, apparently the book says…",[106,114,128],{"value":107,"source":87,"evidence":108},"Answers drift off-topic and out of context",[109,113],{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"34635834","rhtgrg","Something seems amiss. You can ask this chatbot how old Stephen King is and you'll get the answer.",{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},{"value":115,"source":87,"evidence":116},"Hallucinated or reversed facts on technical topics",[117,121,124],{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},"34636384","marcosdumay","When I asked if monopolies produced more or less goods than competitive markets, it got the effect of economy of scale exactly inverted, and finished with the usual textbook…",{"id":122,"by":103,"text":123},"34637836","That's what I was afraid it might do with a somewhat technical subject like this, get two words reversed and change the whole meaning.",{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"34635905","runnerup","> Is RealPage a cartel? No, realpage is not a cartel. 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