racism?

[ReVeL]

I think it's a pretty massive and silly generalisation to say that Asian/international students talk the most. In my experience, race has nothing to do with it. I've had annoying people of every race chattering in my ear and they should all be shot/castrated/banned from tertiary education.

Well I don't think it's a generalisation, I didn't say all asians did just that of the people that do do it, most are asian, at least in my lectures.

[ninwa]

Well I don't think it's a generalisation, I didn't say all asians did just that of the people that do do it, most are asian, at least in my lectures.

... that's a generalisation

[ReVeL]

Maybe I phrased that badly - I don't think it's unfair is what I tried to say haha.

[schmalex]

Well I don't think it's a generalisation, I didn't say all asians did just that of the people that do do it, most are asian, at least in my lectures.

... that's a generalisation

from wikipedia:

Generalization
Generalization is a foundational element of logic and human reasoning. Generalization posits the existence of a domain or set of elements, as well as one or more common characteristics shared by those elements. As such, it is the essential basis of all valid deductive inference. The process of verification is necessary to determine whether a generalization holds true for any given situation.

The concept of generalization has broad application in many related disciplines, sometimes having a specialized context-specific meaning.


For any two related concepts, A and B; A is considered a generalization of concept B if and only if:

every instance of concept B is also an instance of concept A; and
there are instances of concept A which are not instances of concept B.
For instance, animal is a generalization of bird because every bird is an animal, and there are animals which are not birds (dogs, for instance). (See also: specialization).

[crappy]

Well I don't think it's a generalisation, I didn't say all asians did just that of the people that do do it, most are asian, at least in my lectures.

... that's a generalisation

from wikipedia:

Generalization
Generalization is a foundational element of logic and human reasoning. Generalization posits the existence of a domain or set of elements, as well as one or more common characteristics shared by those elements. As such, it is the essential basis of all valid deductive inference. The process of verification is necessary to determine whether a generalization holds true for any given situation.

The concept of generalization has broad application in many related disciplines, sometimes having a specialized context-specific meaning.


For any two related concepts, A and B; A is considered a generalization of concept B if and only if:

every instance of concept B is also an instance of concept A; and
there are instances of concept A which are not instances of concept B.
For instance, animal is a generalization of bird because every bird is an animal, and there are animals which are not birds (dogs, for instance). (See also: specialization).

??

[ninwa]

Okay... thanks I knew what a generalisation was but a little more in-depth knowledge never hurt anyone I guess??

Maybe I phrased that badly - I don't think it's unfair is what I tried to say haha.

Ohh right, yeah I agree. I take back what I said about it being silly...

[ReVeL]

Mmm well maybe you should sit in one of my lectures then we'll talk

[physics]

Mmm well maybe you should sit in one of my lectures then we'll talk

u do the exact same course as my brother and the same year as well O_O oooooooooo

[ReVeL]

Heh yeah pretty common course I guess.