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6. Hasty Generalization Fallacy:

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 11:43 PM

Mar 2018

Making assumptions about a whole group or range of cases based on a sample that is inadequate, usually because it is atypical or too small.

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When a woman or person of color becomes CEO, white men have a strange reaction [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 OP

I think the whole world needs to get past it. Initech Mar 2018 #3

And or experienced those biases WhiteTara Mar 2018 #2

Sigh, considering the company Motownman78 Mar 2018 #4

Only 5% of Fortune 500 companies have female CEOs meadowlander Mar 2018 #5

Hasty Generalization Fallacy: Mariana Mar 2018 #6

LMAO. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #8

Are white men the wimpiest demo the world has ever known Corvo Bianco Mar 2018 #9