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Originally Posted by John F
Saying it is "not a valid assumption", and than say "it is much more likely" is an invalid statement?
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Likely and valid are two different words with different meanings. Your statement is invalid since it's easy to show that it's based on a false assumption. I spend a lot of money on books, frequently at hard back prices. I haven't gotten a book from a library in almost 40 years. Since the limiting factor in my book buying is time and books that interest me rather than money, I am an example that invalidates your assumption. If you had limited your assertion to people who have limited discretionary funds, that would have been different. Saying something is likely doesn't say anything about if it's actually valid or not, just that it's, IMPO, more likely.
If someone were to say that all posters with a handle of John F are fans of JFK, then that's easily falsifiable. If I were to say that it's more likely that the handle John F has nothing to do with JFK, then that says nothing about if it's actually true, just that the odds of it being true are higher.