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Anecdotes are stories, not data points. 100 stories don't become 100 data points.
by bmh100 9y ago
Anecdotes are stories, not data points. 100 stories don't become 100 data points.
- axlprose 9y agook, but nobody was arguing that they are data points? The parent was literally saying that he wanted to convey a different story to the ones commonly heard, in order to give a more balanced picture. Nowhere does that suggest anything about data points, just people sharing stories with different view points. It's good to have a reminder that "anecdata" != real data every now and then, but in cases where you have a poster clearly acknowledging all that, bringing this up seems like little more than an out of place trope.