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— William James"No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends."
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Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations.
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People forget that stereotypes aren’t bad because they are always untrue. Stereotypes are bad because they are not always true. If we allow ourselves to judge another based on a stereotype, we have allowed a gross generalization to replace our own thinking.
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