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Re:A Philosophy Professor's Final Class (2023) by otteromkram on Sunday July 14, 2024 @11:17AM (#40961431)
> We need to listen to old folks a bit more than we do.

Not all old folks are quite the same. You could make a similar argument for young people.

For example: Trump is (probably) older than you. Are you going to listen to whatever he says?

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Re:A Philosophy Professor's Final Class (2023) by dambi0 on Sunday July 14, 2024 @12:12PM (#40961724)
Do you think the comment should be interpreted to mean we should listen to everything all older people say?
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Re:A Philosophy Professor's Final Class (2023) by marshray on Sunday July 14, 2024 @04:33PM (#40963053)
The statement was "... a bit more than we do".

You chose to refute a general notion about people with a single, extreme, counterexample. But this isn't mathematical logic.

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