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by rTX5CMRXIfFG 1155 days ago
It seems to me that you misunderstand the purpose of statistical generalizations in the first place? The purpose of looking at multiple cases is to derive common patterns regardless of the differences in detail among individual cases. Which is why, yes, you still need to apply the inferences into a specific context if you need to make a decision, but to say that nothing can be gained from a comparative big-picture approach is a malicious withdrawal from critical thinking.