Re: oh, it's called a sweeping generalization retard ...

At Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:01:36 -0400, Noah Sombrero <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:37:08 -0700, dart200
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> >On 7/31/26 3:16 PM, Creon wrote:
> >> At Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:14:40 -0700, Dude <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> On 7/31/2026 1:53 AM, dart200 wrote:
> >>>> On 7/30/26 9:25 PM, Creon wrote:
> >>>>> At Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:43:53 -0700, Dude <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On 7/30/2026 6:53 PM, dart200 wrote:
> >>>>>>> On 7/30/26 6:44 PM, Creon wrote:
> >>>>>>>> At Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:42:44 -0400, Noah Sombrero <[email protected]>
> >>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:47:37 +0000, Creon <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> At Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:02:12 -0700, Dude <[email protected]>
> >>>>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Post your opinion here:
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Fine, I shall:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> I think there is too much "baseline fallacy" in the economics
> >>>>>>>>>> discussion.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> And, I think the idea that the wealthy buy politicians is
> >>>>>>>>>> a bit trite.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> And the reason certain ideas become trite is...
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> $ dict trite
> >>>>>>>> 2 definitions found
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>    From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
> >>>>>>>> [gcide]:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>      Trite \Trite\ (tr[imac]t), a. [L. tritus, p. p. of terere to
> >>>>>>>>         rub, to wear out; probably akin to E. throw. See {Throw}, and
> >>>>>>>>         cf. {Contrite}, {Detriment}, {Tribulation}, {Try}.]
> >>>>>>>>         Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost
> >>>>>>>>         novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a
> >>>>>>>>         trite subject. -- {Trite"ly}, adv. -- {Trite"ness}, n.
> >>>>>>>>         [1913 Webster]
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>    From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>      trite
> >>>>>>>>          adj 1: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
> >>>>>>>>                 "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and
> >>>>>>>>                 commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer";
> >>>>>>>>                 "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn
> >>>>>>>>                 axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn:
> >>>>>>>>                 {banal}, {commonplace}, {hackneyed}, {old-hat},
> >>>>>>>>                 {shopworn}, {stock(a)}, {threadbare}, {timeworn},
> >>>>>>>>                 {tired}, {trite}, {well-worn}]
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> ...and have I introduced you to the "panopticon" theory of media
> >>>>>>>> dynamics?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Media doesn't report what everyone thinks, it reports what it wants
> >>>>>>>> everyone to think everyone thinks.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Political corruption is a problem, but implying that _all_
> >>>>>>>> wealthy people are part of that is...a baseline fallacy.
> >>>>>>> seriously this group is literally just noah + a bunch of retarded cons
> >>>>>>> with their heads stuck up their butts, eh???
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> it's statistically provable that public opinion does _not_ influence
> >>>>>>> federal policy, and that only the opinion of the wealthy matters in us
> >>>>>>> federal policy. they do this by surveying groups of people, segmenting
> >>>>>>> them by wealth class, and comparing that to the result of public
> >>>>>>> policy.
> >>>>>>> it's not a hard analysis.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> in order to claim the /baserate/ fallacy u need some stats to back that
> >>>>>>> up, claiming it out of the blue is just a _bear_ assertion
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> That should be a wrap!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Yes.  Specifically, fishrap.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> (It's used to attract the _bear_s, I guess?)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> dart200 is confused, that's not what the baseline fallacy
> >>>>> is.  The baseline fallacy is assuming "all" for "many", because
> >>>>> the large majority of a group form a "baseline" that is then
> >>>>> used to pigeonhole the whole group.
> >>>>
> >>>> nigga are you going to respond with anything useful?
> >>>>
> >>> The base line on this board is that the claim you are referring to is
> >>> entirely false and fabricated, originating from a mashup of internet
> >>> rumors and memes made up by informants which have all been refuted and
> >>> found to be spurious, crude racist and biased - on this very board!
> >>>
> >>> Don't make us go back there, Nick. It won't be easy on your ego. You
> >>> came here to get enlightened.
> >>>
> >>> You came to a bowling alley. Now You're our Bitch.
> >>>   >
> >>>   >
> >>>>    > or just keep proving wealth turns _all_ into retarded children???
> >>>>    >
> >>>>    > #god
> >>>>
> >>>> cause that's just a true generalization ... not a fallacy
> >>>>
> >>>> and i believe we'll prove it true when build transparent systems
> >>>>
> >>>>    > ???
> >>>>    >
> >>>>    > #god
> >>>>
> >>> The base rate fallacy (often called a baseline fallacy) is a thinking
> >>> error where you ignore general statistical facts (the "base rate") and
> >>> focus only on small, specific details or a single story
> >>>>>
> >>>>> But I'm sure Nick knew all that.  That's what I like about him:
> >>>>> his attention to detail.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> My biz partner has met with the FCC, along
> >>>>>>>>>> with other representatives from regional ISPs that he
> >>>>>>>>>> picked up along the way.  Can't afford lobbiests?  Lobby yourself.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Someday I'll have to tell you our "coopetition" story.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Note: The opinions expressed by informants are their own and do not
> >>>>>>>>>>> necessarily represent the views of all Usenet board subscribers.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >> 
> >> I would really rather not see the mental midget quoted
> >> if he's going to throw tantrums.
> >> 
> >> Otherwise, it will be off to the cornfield for you, too. ;)
> >> 
> >
> >imagine being such a goddamn pussy ur gunna threaten to block others if 
> >they don't abide by ur blocklist
> 
> Funny think about blocking.  The silencing works both ways.  Never
> block anybody.  There is no way works on a screen can possibly be so
> annoying that you can't bear to read them.  And it also doesn't hurt
> you to respond once in a while.
> 
> >  > humanity never ceases to reach for new kinds of low
> >  >
> >  > #god

More tantrums from the troll.

The worst thing you can do to a troll is ignore them.

If you come to my neighborhood and start in on a megaphone,
that is disturbing peace and civility.

Just as I have no duty to tolerate the intolerable, I have
no duty to be civil to the uncivil.

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