• MrShankles@reddthat.com
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        16 days ago

        I mean… if the claim is “all”, it’s not really an outlier. It’s refuting the claim. An outlier is statistical; claiming “all” is either true or false. Not really interchangeable, without changing context

      • qarbone@lemmy.world
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        16 days ago

        But providing the existence of a counter example is the foundational detraction to all-encompassing claims like “all land is stolen”, in logic.