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Hasty Generalization Fallacy

The hasty generalization fallacy is sometimes called the over-generalization fallacy. It is basically making a claim based on evidence that it just too small. Essentially, you can’t make a claim and say that something is true if you have only an example or two as evidence.

Example:

Some teenagers in our community recently vandalized the park downtown. Teenagers are so irresponsible and destructive.

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