And here we see the classic use of statistical generalizations as universally true about individual specifics.
“There are no laws of statistics, in the sense that laws dictate the course of events.”
“Anecdote” is still not the singular form of “data”
My apologies. My comment from below is supposed to be a reply to your comment, but I forgot to click “reply.”
Okay… But what is the relevance to this strip?
Maybe she hasn’t seen many relationships that went the distance. Maybe her parents are divorced and many other people she knows are too so she thinks relationships aren’t meant to last.
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RETAIL: Year One
This is currently the only collected volume of Retail comics. It contains every comic (printed in black and white) from 2006.
And here we see the classic use of statistical generalizations as universally true about individual specifics.
“There are no laws of statistics, in the sense that laws dictate the course of events.”
“Anecdote” is still not the singular form of “data”
My apologies. My comment from below is supposed to be a reply to your comment, but I forgot to click “reply.”
Okay… But what is the relevance to this strip?
Maybe she hasn’t seen many relationships that went the distance. Maybe her parents are divorced and many other people she knows are too so she thinks relationships aren’t meant to last.