# HG changeset patch
# User Benedikt Fluhr <http://bfluhr.com>
# Date 1502469278 -7200
#      Fri Aug 11 18:34:38 2017 +0200
# Node ID 343ef1eebcbee2293ae7872fdce0643ae1fb2882
# Parent  17788065ecfc7ee1e51510c2aa05e49d1f6879dd
Removed a somewhat vague Statement

diff --git a/intro.md b/intro.md
--- a/intro.md
+++ b/intro.md
@@ -425,7 +425,3 @@
 whereas we merely consider the real numbers as a base space.
 This made it feasible for us to treat
 the absolute and the relative interleaving distance in one go.
-Very loosely speaking one might say, that in applying this theory
-to topological data analysis @deSilva2017b
-use the approach of *thickening* whereas we mostly use the approach
-of *smoothing*.