fallacy of composition in science
The fallacy of composition in science refers to the erroneous assumption that what is true for a part of a system or group will also be true for the entire system or group. It occurs when we wrongly infer that characteristics or properties of individual elements within a larger set will always apply to the entire set as a whole.
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