Anyone who reads any kind of "personal experience article" and takes it as anything but anecdotal is fooling themselves. It doesn't matter if the article is fo

Anyone who reads any kind of "personal experience article" and takes it as anything but anecdotal is fooling themselves. It doesn't matter if the article is for or against a particular opinion, or if it takes a measured tone down some middle road. A single experience does the opposite of expose institutional problems: it makes it appear like there may or may not be one, while providing no scientific basis from which to draw a broader conclusion.