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The plural of anecdote ... Such stories, for or against this or that diet, may be handy insofar as they bring to light current research or practices, but it's
by jamesbritt 16y ago
The plural of anecdote ...
Such stories, for or against this or that diet, may be handy insofar as they bring to light current research or practices, but it's the scientific data, not the stories, that make or break a case.
- mattdw 16y agoEspecially considering the selection bias of using "people who have given up diet X" to judge "diet X."
- robryan 16y agoWeird that I find myself agreeing along when reading both the pro and anti vegan accounts, as you say these 2 anecdotes could be both right in aspects but without any hard data that attempts to remove extraneous variables (from all the nutritional claims and counter claims I've read this is very hard to do) it's merely going around in circles.