My Most Valuable Global Concept Final

The most important concept I learned throughout this year was the ladder of inference. Everyday there are events in my life that make me feel uncomfortable and anxious. Until I learned about the ladder of inference, I would usually make an assumption about these events, which would usually be incorrect. I have slowly came to the realization that jumping to conclusions, or climbing up the ladder of inference, is never the proper way to handle situations in life. A good example of individuals "jumping to the top" of the ladder of inference is the "DOG" case. The owners of the presa canario dogs that attacked a gay woman had a relationship with a white supremacist. This lead all of the individuals to jump to the conclusion that her and her husband were guilty of murder because of their "ties to white supremacy." When the reality of the situation was that the owners did not believe in white supremacy, they simply had a relationship with someone who was a white supremacist. Both owners were found guilty of man slaughter and their relation to the white supremacist was not relevant to their sentences.