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I'm not so sure I agree. I think it is saying "if you have to think hard, and can only come up with one counterexample, there is pretty much a rule" It isn't f
by Hominem 15y ago
I'm not so sure I agree. I think it is saying "if you have to think hard, and can only come up with one counterexample, there is pretty much a rule"
It isn't for things like provable facts, it is for things like "only men win best director oscars". If you gotta dig to come up with a couple counterexamples the statement is pretty much right.
- rcthompson 15y agoThis is how I've always understood it a well. Additionally, often the nature of the given exception shows what great lengths one must go to in order to break the rule. Example: "I never run into traffic on my way home. Except for that one time when the bridge collapsed."