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> please don’t talk about your anecdotes as if they were facts. Followed by multiple anecdotes…
by the_only_law 5y ago
> please don’t talk about your anecdotes as if they were facts.
Followed by multiple anecdotes…
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- adsfoiu1 5y agoI think their point is that anecdotes are not very valuable and then gave examples of anecdotes that differ as a way to show that individual experiences / perceptions can be vastly different, which isn't at odds with their original point.
- anigbrowl 5y agoThe point being that you can easily summon anecdotes for or against virtually any proposition, so they tell you very little about the incidence of a phenomenon. Emptyfile also pointed out a venue where it would be easy to find counterexamples to Synaesthesia's claim.