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Old 08-10-2007, 03:19 PM   #241 (permalink)
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Bob, hypothetical scenario here, using made up statistics:

1) Many Ferrari's are red.
2) Ferrari's win alot of races.
3) If a car in a race is blue, it is an indicator that it will not win.

Do you understand how #3 is fallacious, even if #1 and #2 are correct?

-Michael
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