He didn't provide empirical evidence because there are already resources for that. This is a personal anecdote and is being shared because personal anecdotes ar

He didn't provide empirical evidence because there are already resources for that. This is a personal anecdote and is being shared because personal anecdotes are effective in making people think in ways that many won't be moved to by statistics. It's not news and it's not providing any objective data, but that doesn't mean it's devoid of value.