Re: it's called a baserate fallacy ...

On 7/30/2026 8:59 PM, dart200 wrote:
> On 7/30/26 8:43 PM, Dude 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!
> 
> is that ur way of agreeing dud???
>
The consensus is that Nick has a base line fallacy. Now, that's a wrap.

Everyone is different, not all he same. Nick and Noah really like to 
paint with a large brush.
 >

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>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>
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