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The irony of complaining about someone else generalizing from one example and trying to disprove it by...generalizing from one example.
by freddie_mercury 7y ago
The irony of complaining about someone else generalizing from one example and trying to disprove it by...generalizing from one example.
- ericjang 7y agoIt was a proof by contradiction, I think. One example is sufficient to make the point that success is not impossible.
- graeme 7y agoPrecisely. The person I replied to said that it was always luck. A single datapoint can't prove a general claim. But a single counterpoint can disprove a claim.
- waddlesworth 7y agoAppreciate your luck, not your ego, you won't make as many stupid decisions that way. It could be argued that Warren Buffet does exactly this.