Logic
Hasty generalisation
Draws a sweeping conclusion from a handful of cases.
“My nephew plays games all day and his grades collapsed, so games ruin kids.”
- How to spot it
- “My cousin…”, “I know two people who…” → “everyone”.
- How to answer it
- Ask how representative the examples are, and what the wider data says.
Practise against it
Favoured by The Firehose.