I’m not quite sure what you’re talking about. The statement in question—the one that was presupposed—is neither of the form ‘all x are y’ nor ‘not all x are y’, but of the form ‘most x are not y’.
You’re right, it does read “most of us are not like that,” which I read incorrectly as “not all of us are like that.” I still think requesting evidence for that sounds a bit off, but it no longer looks that the presumption of Qiaochu_Yuan in asking for evidence is so unreasonable. I (unoffically) retract my comments and tone.
Though I hope everyone, after looking at evidence, does in fact learn what my experience has been, that most men are not like that.
And as I attempted to clarify above, the preference for my experience not to be a merely sampling effect but indicative of broader population is a part of what the word ‘hope’ is refering to.
I’m not quite sure what you’re talking about. The statement in question—the one that was presupposed—is neither of the form ‘all x are y’ nor ‘not all x are y’, but of the form ‘most x are not y’.
You’re right, it does read “most of us are not like that,” which I read incorrectly as “not all of us are like that.” I still think requesting evidence for that sounds a bit off, but it no longer looks that the presumption of Qiaochu_Yuan in asking for evidence is so unreasonable. I (unoffically) retract my comments and tone.
Though I hope everyone, after looking at evidence, does in fact learn what my experience has been, that most men are not like that.
As was pointed elsewhere (I don’t remember to whom, so if it was to you, sorry for that), the men you know may be a biased sample.
And as I attempted to clarify above, the preference for my experience not to be a merely sampling effect but indicative of broader population is a part of what the word ‘hope’ is refering to.