[0:00]Hasty generalization when someone reaches a conclusion that is based on too little evidence.
[0:10]Everybody come quick. They're hatching. Hmm.
[0:15](Lisa gasps)
[0:19]I see a foot. I see an eye. I see a neck! I see a horn! A horn?
[0:26](all sigh) (hissing) (all gasping, screaming) Man, those are some funky looking birds. Oh! You look like a little tiny dinosaur. Oww! That is one vicious baby bird! Dad, they aren't birds. Dad, they aren't birds. Sure they are. They came from eggs in a bird's nest. Therefore, they're birds. Ikso fatso. One, they don't have beaks. Two, they don't have feathers, and three, they're lizards! You're a lizard. In this clip, Bart asserts that the animals he hatched must be birds because they were born from eggs in a bird's nest. By extension, he implies that all animals born from eggs in a bird's nest must be birds. He fails to recognize that there are other animals who share this characteristic, and that there are more characteristics than just being born from eggs in a bird's nest that define birds as birds. By asserting that one characteristic necessarily makes something belong to a certain group, Bart uses a hasty generalization. Subscribe to Colburn Classroom and be on the lookout for new videos.
