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yesman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• scholar@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Napoleon the emperor who tried to conquer Europe and nearly succeeded is more famous than the fictional character so that makes sense

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• JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Anecdotal evidence is so strong!

  There’s definitely no way you could be making a generalised statement from a single incident… /s

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  • ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  • lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    … because generalizations are always wrong, each and every time

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    • solsangraal@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      i get it: you’re making a generalizing statement about generalizations being wrong, which makes the statement wrong

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      • lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        At least one person gets the joke

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    • peteypete420@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Sounds like a generalization, which I guess is wrong.

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      • lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        thatsthejoke.zip

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