That's not a valid or a rational conclusion. You are using induction, which is fraught with problems, and is not 'truth preserving'. In other words, even if all the premises are true, the conclusion is not necessarily true. The rational person, in the situation you describe, will look for other conclusions, knowing that the predictions made on the basis of induction are not the only ones that are consistent with the available evidence.
Bertrand Russell gave an example to demonstrate the often weak conclusions you can reach by induction. A chicken woke up every morning and was fed by the farmer. The chicken concluded that he would be fed every day. One day he woke up, expecting to be fed, and the farmer cut off his head. -- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 17 August 2005 13:47 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: The Photographer's Rights > > Quoting Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > How is it possible to have a rational dislike of an ethnic minority? > > > > Lets say for example that every dealing you have, be it > personal or business, with a particular ethnic group, you get > dissed and/or ripped off. > Eventually, you will conclude quite rationally that there is > smething wrong with that group, or their culture, and will > come to dislike them. > > William Robb > > > >
