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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (124530)	7/11/2005 10:47:37 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793881

It is a simple statement of their belief's.[sic] No, it's a very common mistake people make because they don't think straight. I don't know the proper name for this particular fallacy, but in essence it is making a fallacious leap from the particular to the general. It's the exact opposite of drawing a necessary conclusion about a particular thing from a general category. Let's take an example so I can demonstrate what I mean. If all cats have fur, then it's always true that some cats have fur. But if some cats are orange, it's fallacious to say that all cats are orange. That's obvious. It's also fallacious to say that any cat is orange, unless you can see the cat. You can say, "I know some cats are orange," but that doesn't mean that any other cat is orange, just because it's a cat.