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I certainly wasn't intending this post to apply to 'everyone', that is a silly claim to make. However generalizations about a group are often valuable. In the NH context there are articles about A:B testing a UI all the time which gives you generalization of your target users. Just like years of show testing has provided TV channels generalization of their audience. I probably read at least 3-5 'interesting statistics' posts a week on HN that are all about generalizing a group. Why? because this is in fact valuable information, especially for the target audience of HN. Understanding what a populous 'generally' wants and does is a huge first step to providing a solution to a problem.