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This isn't the first time I've heard this. There's plenty of other sources that seem to corroborate this anecdote; and let's all not forget. The plural of anecd

This isn't the first time I've heard this. There's plenty of other sources that seem to corroborate this anecdote; and let's all not forget. The plural of anecdote is evidence. All that said, actually waiting for FDA approval does seem a lot less risky

carlmr 5y ago
>The plural of anecdote is evidence. While I find the anecdotes compelling. I would assume that to make multiple anecdotes evidence you'd have to at least register these anecdotes systematically, otherwise you only hear the extreme ones that people like to tell.
- grayhatter 5y ago
  Yeah, that's my bad. I meant to say data, not evidence. But you'll note that I didn't weight the quality of it. Anecdotes (plural) are data points, interpretation of them is left to whomever wants to use said data. A temperature sensor that you know isn't desiged to work at subzero is reporting -30 consistently. It may be -40 or -20 but you know it's below zero. Someone reporting symptom relief from depression, (which is something who's most severe symptoms are by definition subjective,) after taking psilocybin is a good data point. It without a doubt has helped. Why, how, and discovery of caveats notwithstanding; it's something worthy of understanding, and with anecdotes (plural) consideration for use * . Just because the picture is incomplete, doesn't devalue the existing data points. Which is the thing I was trying to push back on. My data points may be weak, or noisy. But my data points are worth more than your scepticism. Full disclosure, I'm a card carrying sceptic saying that. I always think there's more to be understood, but merely devaluing the data points you currently have is not the way to go about it. Ask questions, don't raise complaints. * : some restrictions apply
corobo 5y ago
The plural of anecdote should be hypothesis
dmos62 5y ago
Anecdotal: report of clinical experiences based on individual experience, rather than an organized investigation with standard research features, such as appropriate controls. https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/anecdotal https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/anecdotal I think it's fair to say that medical research is not scaled up anecdotes.

carlmr 5y ago

>The plural of anecdote is evidence. While I find the anecdotes compelling. I would assume that to make multiple anecdotes evidence you'd have to at least register these anecdotes systematically, otherwise you only hear the extreme ones that people like to tell.

grayhatter 5y ago
Yeah, that's my bad. I meant to say data, not evidence. But you'll note that I didn't weight the quality of it. Anecdotes (plural) are data points, interpretation of them is left to whomever wants to use said data. A temperature sensor that you know isn't desiged to work at subzero is reporting -30 consistently. It may be -40 or -20 but you know it's below zero. Someone reporting symptom relief from depression, (which is something who's most severe symptoms are by definition subjective,) after taking psilocybin is a good data point. It without a doubt has helped. Why, how, and discovery of caveats notwithstanding; it's something worthy of understanding, and with anecdotes (plural) consideration for use * . Just because the picture is incomplete, doesn't devalue the existing data points. Which is the thing I was trying to push back on. My data points may be weak, or noisy. But my data points are worth more than your scepticism. Full disclosure, I'm a card carrying sceptic saying that. I always think there's more to be understood, but merely devaluing the data points you currently have is not the way to go about it. Ask questions, don't raise complaints. * : some restrictions apply

corobo 5y ago

The plural of anecdote should be hypothesis

dmos62 5y ago

Anecdotal: report of clinical experiences based on individual experience, rather than an organized investigation with standard research features, such as appropriate controls. https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/anecdotal https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/anecdotal I think it's fair to say that medical research is not scaled up anecdotes.