2 December 2005

Generalisation

Ask Greg Chapell after a few years when he settles back in Australia about his memories of Chennai. He would say
' oh its such a wet place, water everywhere and it rains there always'
We all know how true that statement could be.
Is he lying ?
No, His statement is true to his knowledge and experience.

A few blogs ago I made a sweeping generalisation, I said Americans love violence. A statement so far from truth.

I sincerely apologise and I will not make any attempt to defend myself.
It was plain wrong. And I am not deleting that blog, let it remain as an evidence of my stupidity.

I have promised myself many times that I will never make such sweeping generalisation. But I have never stuck to it. We all make such generalisation during arguments, or discussions. I know that I will make such generalisation in the future too. Sometimes we can't avoid. I know its wrong.

2 in the afternoon its so dark in here, looks like night, all the lights are on. Not in the best of moods today.
Blunt Knife

6 comments:

  1. Equivalently, A is a generalization of B if B is a specialization of A.

    For instance, animal is a generalization of bird because every bird is an animal, and there are animals which are not birds (dogs, for instance).

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  2. Waiting for some one to say that all my blogs are evidence of my stupidity

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  3. "I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things."
    george bush - Aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003

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  4. Rauf,

    All your blogs are NOT "evidence" of your "stupidity". In fact, I found myself wanting to be your friend after reading your posts. :)

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