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> As an ancedote, I was told That is hearsay. > What basis do you have for saying it's untrue? I was pointing out that it could be untrue without needing to
by brigandish 5y ago
> As an ancedote, I was told
That is hearsay.
> What basis do you have for saying it's untrue?
I was pointing out that it could be untrue without needing to be a lie. As to the “basis” for my saying it is untrue, I’ve been over that.
- DoreenMichele 5y agoRepeating what someone told you that shaped your behavior in the past is anecdote. The information given was incorrect but your conclusion that this anecdote is hearsay is in error.
- wolverine876 5y ago> The information given was incorrect Why do you say that?
- DoreenMichele 5y agoI was told by my low income peer group that you get 600 points just for filling out your name on the SAT and that 800 points could get you into a great school like MIT. The minimum score for the SAT if you do nothing is 400, not 600. Average SAT Score of admitted students: 1525 https://testive.com/mit-sat-scores-act-scores/ https://testive.com/mit-sat-scores-act-scores/
- wolverine876 5y agoOK, but that doesn't mean they were told otherwise. That's part of the point of the story - they were negligently prepared.
- brigandish 5y agoI didn’t claim the anecdote was hearsay, I used the word “it” to refer to the hearsay, not the anecdote. The mistake is in the assumption of what it refers to, especially without asking me to clarify, or in not extending the principle of charity.