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Counterexamples matter a great deal when someone claims that something is a rule without exceptions. They're very nearly pointless when someone states something
by Arnt 8y ago
Counterexamples matter a great deal when someone claims that something is a rule without exceptions. They're very nearly pointless when someone states something that has many obvious exceptions but still means something, "men are taller than women", "rich people can take risks that poor people cannot" etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Petersburg_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Petersburg_paradox BTW.
- yipbub 8y agoWhich is what I was pointing out rhetorically... Also, it's not just that rich people can takes risks that poor people cannot. It's that they never risk a minimum standard of living. Poor people making decisions like that do.