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Sure, I was fishing. I guess I should have just outright said "Your individual experiences with individuals in a group are invalid when discussing things that c
by ok_dad 4y ago
Sure, I was fishing. I guess I should have just outright said "Your individual experiences with individuals in a group are invalid when discussing things that can be empirically studied, such as the effects of using cannabis on various groups," and went on with my day.
By the way, labeling an undesirable group with "mental issues" has been done many times in the past, sometimes even with "good" intentions.
- NateEag 4y agoIndividual experiences aren't invalid. A well-designed study may be more revealing, but the individual experiences are legitimate and should not be discarded solely because studies are possible.
- robocat 4y agoYeah. A strong enough signal will show in a sample of one. With a correct model, cause and effect can be predicted without any samples (scientific progress often occurs this way). And some people’s intuitions are remarkably astute. Albeit there are a lot of people who have incorrect intuitions and don’t know it. A cannabis example would be strong paranoia after one sesh. More ingrained paranoia (qanon?) that I have seen linked to regular heavy usage doesn’t feel to me to be a stretch of the imagination.