oversimplify
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Mr. Dhume may think that the newly minted labor codes’ permissive hiring rules only apply to private firms that have fewer than 300 workers—instead of 100 workers like before—but that’s an oversimplified analysis.
“Blanket messages may oversimplify complex evidence,” they wrote.
From MarketWatch
“By choosing not to use the standard generational labels when they’re not appropriate, we can avoid reinforcing harmful stereotypes or oversimplifying people’s complex lived experiences,” wrote Kim Parker, director of social trends research at Pew.
From Salon
"The ice giant classification is oversimplified as Uranus and Neptune are still poorly understood," says Luca Morf, PhD student at the University of Zurich and lead author of the work.
From Science Daily
The researchers argue that predictions of an ongoing mass extinction may rely on oversimplified or outdated assumptions.
From Science Daily
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