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Context matters. On the surface, this looks reasonable, and perhaps in most cases is a reasonable, probabilistic statement. But imagine one is at a gay bar and says "Most people are heterosexual, therefore the patrons of this bar are likely to be heterosexual." This is fallacy involving ignoring context (no name for it that I know of). Pretty much the opposite of base rate fallacy . |
answered on Tuesday, Apr 29, 2025 07:23:45 AM by Bo Bennett, PhD | |
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Inductive Reasoning? |
answered on Tuesday, Apr 29, 2025 11:42:37 AM by Bob | |
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