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"Citation needed." That's what "empirical" means: a statement based on observation or experience. C'mon folks...it's not clever or insightful to "refute" pers

• mertd 14y ago
  That would be anecdotal. "Empirical evidence" implies some structured observation happened and somebody documented it.
  • elviejo 14y ago
    I had that same confusion. In spanish: Empirico means based on experience / anecdote. In english: Empirical means based on scientific studies. Maybe the previous author had the same confusion.
    • jaimebuelta 14y ago
      In spanish, "empirico" means exactly the same thing. Based on well tested observations, not your just "personal experience". Sure it is a little overused some times, but it still means some degree of confidence greater that "in my experience"
      • elviejo 14y ago
        According to Real Academia Española... "It is relative to experience" http://lema.rae.es/drae/srv/search?id=hTXhUCMS1DXX2DI3MWRd http://lema.rae.es/drae/srv/search?id=hTXhUCMS1DXX2DI3MWRd empírico, ca. (Del lat. empirĭcus, y este del gr. ἐμπειρικός, que se rige por la experiencia). 1. adj. Perteneciente o relativo a la experiencia.
  • timr 14y ago
    "'Empirical evidence' implies some structured observation happened and somebody documented it." No, that's not what it means at all: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empirical http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empirical None of the three definitions mention "structured observation", and the second definition directly contradicts that assertion.