Quote:
Originally Posted by SmootSmack
“The world will not stop and think- it never does, it is not its way; its way is to generalize from a single sample”
“We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.”
“I realize that I'm generalizing here, but as is often the case when I generalize, I don't care.”
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While that all sounds nice and dandy, the quote has more fluff than truth in it. Its not an assumption. Bad
is more contagious than good. Thousands of years of human history have proven it. Its why wars have been fought since the the beginning of recorded history and continue to be fought today. That doesn't really apply to the topic we're discussing, though.
When people or companies are trying to decide whether or not they want to enter into a contract with someone, whether its for a job, a mortgage, or a marriage, they evaluate the person and their background, and they do so against a context. its part of a process to evaluate risk. do the potential benefits outweigh the risk of personal or financial disaster?