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That's fine, but the title of the post literally contains "you will too". The author isn't only presenting an anecdote, they're making a claim that it applies t
by BigJono 7y ago
That's fine, but the title of the post literally contains "you will too". The author isn't only presenting an anecdote, they're making a claim that it applies to other's situations too. So I think it's fair game to call it out for being a single data point and not really relevant to anything that's happening right now.
- imgabe 7y agoIs it really that hard to distinguish reassuring rhetoric from a scientific claim? Like, if you got laid off and your friend said "Hey man, it'll be ok" do you demand a peer reviewed study proving it?
- sverona 7y agoYou know, at this point, I probably would. But I'm a depressed person about to graduate into the middle of what looks an awful lot like the end of the world as we know it, so...
- jschwartzi 7y agoIt'll probably be fine in another couple of months. It's just difficult to know for sure and payroll obligations are tough to roll back.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> Is it really that hard to distinguish reassuring rhetoric from a scientific claim? Nope. For instance, if you can differentiate survivorship bias (which this fails to even reach up to) from a valid statement supported by objective evidence, you have, in fact, literally distinguished mere reassuring rhetoric from a scientific claim.
- imgabe 7y agoStill missing the point. Some statements are intended to inspire you to influence the future for the better, not to provide "valid statements supported by objective evidence" to describe the present. Further, there are no valid statements that can be guaranteed to accurately describe the future because it hasn't happened yet. The choices you make and the attitude you embrace will in some part determine what that is.