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Anecdotal evidence is better than nothing, worse than nothing, and is nothing. To your last bit however, no, I'm pretty sure that American culture is in despera
by Aelinsaar 10y ago
Anecdotal evidence is better than nothing, worse than nothing, and is nothing. To your last bit however, no, I'm pretty sure that American culture is in desperate need of help, please don't make those kind of ridiculous assumptions about what I"m saying.
- m_mueller 10y agoAnecdotes give ideas. It led me on a short hunt trying to find some hard data on this question, coming back empty handed. If no one starts thinking about it, no one will go and start actual research about it. So, no, it's not nothing. It's only worse than nothing if there already is enough research about a topic.
- Aelinsaar 10y agoHopefully, if you're a thinking person, every stimulus "Gives ideas". What anecdote doesn't do, is provide us with evidence to support a given hypothesis with anything like rigor.