> what is the purpose of offering your anecdotal experience if you acknowledge that it is an n=1 datapoint? What is the purpose of using large-n datapoints any

> what is the purpose of offering your anecdotal experience if you acknowledge that it is an n=1 datapoint? What is the purpose of using large-n datapoints anymore when the primary motivation of "research" is becoming less about finding meaningful information and more about getting published (in for-profit, paywalled "journals") so you can get more grant money for your institution? Haven't you seen the articles in the last year or about little scientific research is even reproducible anymore ? You can just repeat your experiment until you get the results you want to see.