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You denounce anecdotal evidence and then cite it, as evidence for your views. What policy should we derive from your friends personal experience? None! Becau
by newsclues 5y ago
You denounce anecdotal evidence and then cite it, as evidence for your views.
What policy should we derive from your friends personal experience? None! Because we should consider all the data and not your friends story.
- Xylakant 5y ago> You denounce anecdotal evidence and then cite it, as evidence for your views. My explicitly expressed view is “do not base any policy discussion on anecdotes, even the ones I cited.” Recounting the anecdotes only shows that I can pick sufficient anecdotes to support both sides of the argument and as such, basing any reasonable discussion on them is futile. > What policy should we derive from your friends personal experience? None! Because we should consider all the data and not your friends story. Exactly.