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Broad Generalizations Usually Wrong, Study Shows
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Broad Generalizations Usually Wrong, Study Shows

Humor – Vague, Noncommittal Statements May Also Be Somewhat Lacking In Usefulness.

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First comment often not as funny as poster ind06 hoped it would be.

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Now that's an incredibly broad generalization, so it is probably wrong. :)

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At the end of the day, it is what it is.

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Ga, LML. At the end of the day, I hate hearing the overuse of "at the end of the day."

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What is it at the beginning of the day? ;)

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I've always been a firm believer in broad generalizations.

Because most of time I've found that when guys talk about broads they generally agree.

They also make vague statements because like they say no two broads are alike. If they were we could have figured women out long ago. LOL

Thanks ind06

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You're welcome cowboygrandpa! :)

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I agree with cowboygrandpa! We need more female generals. Through a "Broad Generalization" program we can help women break through the glass ceiling imposed by the military hierarchy.

For the record I am also for a "Broad Admiralization" program too.

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Uncle Dave:

I guess there would be a broad review board then. LOL

I'll volunteer to analyze their assets. hahahahahaha.

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The job is yours for the taking, sir!

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OOooohhh; Curvy...

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...there ya go again with a definite maybe...

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Comments by Uncle Dave are always a knee-slapper. Always.

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Thanks Indy for sending these articles, who writes them? They are always great!

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Finally we have reached consensus on something!

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The consenses makes no senses

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Articles written at satirical websites rarely have names attached to them. Most of these sites have a small group of writers, some are just one person.

For the record, I have links to 37 satirical news web sites that update their entries with widely varying regularity. The Onion and CapNews have new articles up daily. This site, Confusion Road, usually puts up a new story once every few months!

Sadly, my list of now defunct satire sites is almost as long. Though I've lost the link, the best sign off headline was "Satire Writer Gets Life", which may indicate the kind of hours these guys are putting in.

I'm glad you like them. I enjoy posting them for you. :)

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"Don't listen to that Watson guy," said Dr. Robert J. Bernstein, president of the Southern California Skeptical Society. "He's an atheist. You can't believe a single thing he says." Hysterical!

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I think it far too general, to say that broad-generalizations are usually wrong, but I get confused, very easily.

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yup, broads in general tend to be confusing.

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"Vague, Noncommittal Statements May Also Be Somewhat Lacking In Usefulness."

OK, lay off of Obama! I came here to escape the political scene!

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Before I even read the other comments, excellent find ind06. When I read the headline it sounded like something from the onion. bookmarked for later.

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thanks :)

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When polled, 97.3 percent of Americans had opinions.

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Are you sure about that? I would like a second opinion.

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"Watch out for that slippery slope argument: it's a gateway fallacy," Watson warns. "If you start falling for that one, next thing you know, you'll fall for another logical fallacy, and then another. You'll become completely gullible, and sooner or later you'll be ripped off by con artists, lose everything you own, and you'll be left to live a life of poverty and misery."

Yup! Ya gotta watch out for that slippery slope. :0)

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The word fallacy sounds vaguely obscene. Slippery slope is probably better English but sounds kind of neat no matter what language one is speaking. As one of the rules of grammar goes, One should NEVER generalize.

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I think we can say with some degree of comfort that all encompassing declarations covering vast areas of nebulous information using expansive references and extreme extrapolation from dubious case examples can provide a useful and inconclusive thesis that is malleable for all occasions. But it takes practice.

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Articles written at satirical websites rarely have names attached to them. Most of these sites have a small group of writers, some are just one person!

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this is nice. :(

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this just in: Double posts always leaves the commenter feeling rather foolish. Always.

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this just in: Double posts always... DANG IT!!!!

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LOL :D

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LOL! :D

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Granma used to say "Write twice before you think"

Or was it "Think twice before you write"?, I forget, oh never mind.

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Don't worry about it yesbee. When I turned fifty my doctor told me I'de start losing two things, one was my memory, and I can't remember what the other thing was.;(

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