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by pixl97 63 days ago
>For example, if we’re in Iowa, and you prove to me that plastic straws don’t kill turtles..

Black swans.

Quite often the they are telling a correct truth, but failing to give it proper scope. For example no turtle in Iowa falls victim to straws because of these species. It's the difference between "There are no black swans in ______" and "There are no black swans"

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Much of humanity's misery is not taking the time to understand probability.