Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekig!tekig4!briand From: briand@tekig4.TEK.COM (Brian Diehm) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Shoe Salesman? Message-ID: <1847@tekig4.TEK.COM> Date: Tue, 25-Aug-87 13:29:01 EDT Article-I.D.: tekig4.1847 Posted: Tue Aug 25 13:29:01 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Aug-87 00:43:27 EDT References: Reply-To: briand@tekig4.UUCP (Brian Diehm) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 19 >I do not disagree with you; I have seen computer salesmen who are >barely qualiied to plug a computer in, let alone explain how one >works. However, that does *not* give you license to generalize. Actually, it does. Remember that statistics are valid, for a population. The problem comes when people forget the last clause and extrapolate the population statistics to the individuals. As you just did. Statistics can tell you EVERYTHING about a given population. They tell you NOTHING about any individual in that population. Of course, with the number of people in our society who are unable to under- stand that subtle difference, I don't wonder at your taking umbrage from a defensive posture. . . -- -Brian Diehm (SDA - Standard Disclaimers Apply) Tektronix, Inc. briand@tekig4.TEK.COM or {decvax,cae780,uw-beaver}!tektronix!tekig4!briand