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> how does one person prove anything. When the article includes the statement "Nice guys do not necessarily finish last, but they do finish a distant second in
by jpdoctor 15y ago
> how does one person prove anything.
When the article includes the statement "Nice guys do not necessarily finish last, but they do finish a distant second in terms of earnings", it is a sign of either:
1. Imprecise writing, or
2. Wrong conclusions.
If their conclusions are wrong, then the article is a waste of bits. If their writing is imprecise, then just how imprecise are the generalizing statements that cannot be disproved with an obvious counterexample?
In either case, the article looks like all noise and no signal to me.
- corin_ 15y agoIf their conclusion is correct (and I have no idea if it is or isn't), the quite obviously that statement is a generalisation, and a perfectly fine use of one too. It quite clearly means "as a general trend", not "in absolutely every case". Did you honestly read that and think "aha, I can think of somebody who doesn't fit that statement, they're clearly wrong"?