"Any time you GENERALIZE there is always atelast one exception"?

Question

So, does the exception DISPROVE the generalization? By extrapolation, are all GENERALIZATIONS wrong because each has atleast one exception? Any logic experts?

Answer 1

the generalization and the exception can both be valid..its similar to the notion that there are many ways to skin a cat or reach a similar goal

Answer 2

I'm not a logic expert, but I do believe that nothing is perfect, therefore everything has a weakness, or in terms of generalizations, a loop-hole or extenuating circumstance that causes exception. Actually, I think generalizations can be good. They allow room for exceptions that can be rational and convenient depending on the situation.
Poor example, but red lights generally mean STOP, except for when making right turns, which make sense when going with the flow of traffic. Such a generalization poses no threat to the rational function and meaning of a red light, but in a way makes them more effective in performing their basic duty of conducting traffic.
I hope that made any kind of sense...

Answer 3

There is usually at least one exception, and when it is pointed out the statement loses credibility.

I see a LOT of generalizations made here, especially about poltics and religion, many of them wrong IMO. It would be more accurate to say "most politicians are baboons" rather than "all politicians are baboons".

Answer 4

No logic expert here but when you GENERALIZE about ...say Blacks, Latinos, Muslims...there are a 'FEW' of them WHO is the exception? Sorry to have tried to answer your question with a question.

Answer 5

Lets look at it like this, a generalization can be likened to a bushel of ripe, delicious apples. Then there is the exception, one bad apple. Remove the bad apple, and you still have a bushel of perfectly good apples.

Answer 6

Generalizations are by *definition* (communally known) a loose definition of a group of items.
So I don't think it disproves it, because that is why it is called a generalization rather then a fact.

Answer 7

Because it is a generalization, it only seems logical that exceptions exists....

Answer 8

Not all generalizations are "wrong". They are just not always accurate.

Answer 9

no

Answer 10

atelost???