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The need to extrapolate
It is baffling how so many people are willing to make sweeping statements based on a sample size of 1. The average person seems so entranced by unusual occurances that they give weight to these events entirely out of proportion with their larger meaning. Perhaps statistics needs to be taught in high schools, or at least start hiring science teachers because they know science, not because they can coach a sport.