I think what modesty proponents are really doing is not generalizing endlessly, but identifying a relatively wide generalization, something like “people who have academically studied this field” or “people who share the basic tenets of rational inquiry”, and sticking with it.
I think what modesty proponents are really doing is not generalizing endlessly, but identifying a relatively wide generalization, something like “people who have academically studied this field” or “people who share the basic tenets of rational inquiry”, and sticking with it.