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Article commits a classic fallacy: one bad example leading to a general statement because the latter makes a better headline. Rather like going from ‘my friend
by gms 8y ago
Article commits a classic fallacy: one bad example leading to a general statement because the latter makes a better headline.
Rather like going from ‘my friend’s house got robbed’ to ‘all houses get robbed’.
- loup-vaillant 8y agoBecause the author related 2 anecdotes din't mean they're the only ones they witnessed. They may have seen a pattern over time.
- neeleshs 8y ago... which should be mentioned with numbers. Otherwise go by what's in the article - 2 anecdotes. My anecdote is that I'm > 40 but highly saught after engineer,by several CEOs far younger than me. But I know it does not mean that's the general pattern. Edit: everything in the article was a good read, except the generalization in its title