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All five merchants who went to Opal City were never seen again, but don't let that stop you from going to Opal City because anecdotes don’t actually provide mea
by hollerith 2y ago
All five merchants who went to Opal City were never seen again, but don't let that stop you from going to Opal City because anecdotes don’t actually provide meaningful information.
- ambicapter 2y agoif cold plunges either killed people or revived them from the dead, this would be a great analogy.
- mewpmewp2 2y agoAnother low stake option. 5 of your friends each say that restaurant A is horrible and restaurant B was great. You have to pick a restaurant. Are you going to throw dice because these are just anecdotes and don't matter?
- Retric 2y agoCarful, now you’re leaving random antidotes. A specific restaurant is an actual place so if someone describes the decor and prices yesterday it’s not going to be wildly different when you show up tomorrow.
- mewpmewp2 2y agoIs there a paper supporting that position of yours? I would like to see a study highlighting that restaurants are unlikely to change in time.
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- hollerith 2y agoI'm not eating anything till I see a peer-reviewed study demonstrating that the verbal reports about restaurant decor made by my family members or the guys I ride bikes with on weekends have any actual correlation with actual restaurant decor. Where is the hard, non-anecdotal evidence?
- mewpmewp2 2y agoIt also needs evaluation beyond subjective reports, as food taste is known to be highly prone to placebo. Until an objective device for evaluating the taste is found I believe it would be completely unscientific to take a bite or even smell the food since that is also known to affect taste.