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> It's trivially easy to come up with dozens of examples It's always easy to come up with small numbers of examples that don't fit a rule, that doesn't disprov
by burnte 11y ago
> It's trivially easy to come up with dozens of examples
It's always easy to come up with small numbers of examples that don't fit a rule, that doesn't disprove a rule, especially when the rule is a generalization and not an absolute. However, if the data says it's actually well over half, THAT disproves the rule, and is a much better way of stating the rule is untrue.
- shin_lao 11y agoActually one single counter-example can be enough to disprove a rule. What doesn't work is using an example to prove a rule.