all generalizations are overgeneralizations
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all generalizations are overgeneralizations
"all generalizations are overgeneralizations" that doesn't mean they aren't still useful!
"all generalizations are overgeneralizations" including this one! in particular, I would say that mathematical generalizations are generally correctly-sized
so more precisely, I might say something like "all generalizations about reality from personal experience are overgeneralizations" but probably even there this is still an overgeneralization!
how I like to think about this is that every subjective being is always explaining / making sense of THE WHOLE OF EVERYTHING, and doing so based on SOME BUT NOT ENOUGH DATA so the experiences we've had necessarily get stretched to cover the rest of everything
and this is why I say:
in other words, everyone is constantly overgeneralizing, and this is fine & necessary