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But you yourself made the same error, claiming that lots of people are simply mistaken about the causes of their burnouts and that you know their condition bett
by Sharlin 5y ago
But you yourself made the same error, claiming that lots of people are simply mistaken about the causes of their burnouts and that you know their condition better than themselves.
- rahimnathwani 5y agoOur statements were qualitatively different. Compare: A) Each living human has 2 legs B) Sharlin has 2 legs Taken literally, B is a subset of A, so A is the stronger statement. But in normal speech, it's clear that when someone makes a claim about members of a large group, they're making a statement that usually applies to members of that group. And not claiming to have specific knowledge of every single member. Because statement B is more specific, I probably need more specific data before I make it.