The Fallacy Of The Average
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 11:36
in Physics & Chemistry
The Fallacy Of The Average A fallacy is a pattern of logical reasoning which appears on its surface to be a pattern of sound reasoning. The fallacy of the average is based on the false notion that the effect of a thing averaged out on a large scale is equivalent to an effect of the same thing on a small scale. A drop of rain falling anywhere in the Pacific is self-evidently insignificant as a matter of scale. But what if that single drop of rain falls into the mains supply circuit of a radio? read more