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anecdotes are data. they can be used to prioritize resources to create the real study, and they are the crux of our evolutionary selection thus far. when the
by vmception 6y ago
anecdotes are data.
they can be used to prioritize resources to create the real study, and they are the crux of our evolutionary selection thus far.
when the former is not available, the latter has been pretty reliable for self-preservation even if the "why" isn't apparent or is completely made up conjecture.
there is no utility in lecturing on anecdotes when the complete scientific mindshare of planet is looking in different directions that may be just as irrelevant as the anecdote.
- nickthemagicman 6y agoAnecdotes are data. The state of liberal science.
- vmception 6y agoA grabber sentence is a literary concept that includes a rhetorical generalization used as a pathway into argument. That part worked, pretty predictably, but it doesn’t seem like you read the argument. Hm.
- nickthemagicman 6y agoGrabber for who? People who don't understand science?
- leptons 6y ago"many people are saying" The state of conservative truthiness.
- richardthered 6y agoAnecdotes are data. Quite literally. Each is one data point. A data point is not a conclusion. To draw valid conclusions you need a large body of data. But each anecdote is, quite literally, a single data point.
- nickthemagicman 6y ago3 billion people anecdotally believe in an invisible man in the sky that grants wishes if you pray hard enough. Gods existence proven!
- vmception 6y agoa data point is not a conclusion the person you replied to said that since it has to be said, with you, that means nobody here is saying that popular anecdotes prove anything your entire argument is based on a failure to communicate
- nickthemagicman 6y agoAnecdotes are not data. Even in sociological surveys The surveys ask well crafted questions to avoid anecdotal information.