Howard Brazee wrote:

Not a very good statistical argument. One example is insufficient in
statistics.

Well, statistically it's not a very good argument, that's true. But one
example proves it's possible, and the mediocrity principle suggests it
should be possible elsewhere.

But you're correct that that isn't a statistical argument as the
original poster suggested.

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