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by mkramlich 4007 days ago
good point. reasonable. the making of generalizations does not outlaw other generalized groups or categories.

an entire side discussion about Bayes predictions could be entered here. where having a few rough rules would yield a 90% beneficial prediction. add a 2nd rule or exception boosts your yield to 95%. add a 3rd rule/exception boosts your yield to 97%. and so on...