Examples
Hasty generalization usually shows this pattern
X is true for A.
X is true for B.
X is true for C.
X is true for D.
Therefore, X is true for E, F, G, etc.
- A person travels through a town for the first time. He sees 10 people, all of them children. The person then concludes that there are no adult residents in the town.
- A person is looking at a number line. 3 is a prime number, 5 is a prime number, and 7 is a prime number. 9 is probably an anomaly, so it is ignored. 11 is a prime number, and 13 is a prime number. Therefore, the person says, all odd numbers are prime.
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