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		aortega on Sept 30, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Indian and his insatiable appetite for the col... >I could go on. You should, and in the way cite some statistics or else you would be falling for this common logical fallacy: https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/anecdotal

foobarbazqux on Sept 30, 2013 [–]

A single counterexample is enough to refute a universal claim.

vinceguidry on Sept 30, 2013 | | [–]

It certainly isn't a universal claim.

tomrod on Sept 30, 2013 | | [–]

But multiple examples provide only a skewed dataset.

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