It really is fascinating to me how some people are incapable of realizing that generalizations aren't absolute, that it's possible to acknowledge exceptions or compartmentalize differing groups within groups
Or that the accuracy of generalizations varies. With a highly insular and tribalist group, - one that also happens to be very relatively small - generalizations have a much higher degree of accuracy.
Because government schools don't teach statistics, so most people don't get how bell curves work. And it goes both ways, not only are there a ton of people who don't understand that statistics have exceptions out on the tails, but there's also a ton who don't understand that those exceptional outliers don't disprove the big bulge in the middle.
It really is fascinating to me how some people are incapable of realizing that generalizations aren't absolute, that it's possible to acknowledge exceptions or compartmentalize differing groups within groups
Or that the accuracy of generalizations varies. With a highly insular and tribalist group, - one that also happens to be very relatively small - generalizations have a much higher degree of accuracy.
Because government schools don't teach statistics, so most people don't get how bell curves work. And it goes both ways, not only are there a ton of people who don't understand that statistics have exceptions out on the tails, but there's also a ton who don't understand that those exceptional outliers don't disprove the big bulge in the middle.
A large proportion of Jews actually hate all other Jews