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[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 point 8 months ago (2 children) Ok. Finding an outlier as an example isn't impressive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 3 points 8 months ago I mean... if the claim is "all", it's not really an outlier. It's refuting the claim. An outlier is statistical; claiming "all" is either true or false. Not really interchangeable, without changing context permalink fedilink source parent [–] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago But providing the existence of a counter example is the foundational detraction to all-encompassing claims like "all land is stolen", in logic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 3 points 8 months ago I mean... if the claim is "all", it's not really an outlier. It's refuting the claim. An outlier is statistical; claiming "all" is either true or false. Not really interchangeable, without changing context permalink fedilink source parent
[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago But providing the existence of a counter example is the foundational detraction to all-encompassing claims like "all land is stolen", in logic. permalink fedilink source parent