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> I know several parents that live close to their extended family and get help watching and raising their kids all the time. Anecdotal evidence is a fallacy.
by dvdhnt 8y ago
> I know several parents that live close to their extended family and get help watching and raising their kids all the time.
Anecdotal evidence is a fallacy.
It's equivalent to saying that "smoking a pack each day doesn't kill you because my grandfather smoked until he was 97." As ridiculous as that sounds compared to what you're saying, they are nonetheless equal in terms of evidence.
- cableshaft 8y agoAll I said was that it's possible, I'm not arguing that it happens all the time. I know plenty of people that don't live near their families too. To say something is possible, all it takes is one result, in which an anecdote is fine. Someone providing an anecdote doesn't guarantee a fallacy in all cases. It's a choice for people to move away from their safety nets (unless bad things happen to their families, and I certainly know some people who have grown up in broken homes. I dated a few people in that situation). It's not always a good choice, or the best choice, but it's still a choice. The parent only provided a single anecdote to "show" how things worked in Italy as well. I was just showing how his anecdote wasn't enough evidence to prove his point that things work differently in Italy compared to the US.