4 ms·
Personal experiences are facts. What the article refers to as "facts" are more properly known as "factoids". Approximately 73% of quoted statistics are simply m
by gweinberg 6y ago
Personal experiences are facts. What the article refers to as "facts" are more properly known as "factoids". Approximately 73% of quoted statistics are simply made up, and an unknown percentage are deliberately misleading.
An actual personal experience is a very different thing from a second-hand (or worse) anecdote.
- R0b0t1 6y agoMany many people reject personal experience of any type as specious and constantly reject opinions contrary to their own when shown contradictory evidence on this basis. It is a large part of the reason the country is the way it is.