Interesting, but like the author of that post I'm going to stick with "not data". Anecdote usually implies personal experience, which is easily confused and mis

Interesting, but like the author of that post I'm going to stick with "not data". Anecdote usually implies personal experience, which is easily confused and misled. e.g. I know MANY people who claim to have seen a ghost, but I don't consider that useful data supporting the existence of ghosts. Technically it is data, but it's the LEAST trustworthy form of data, hence the dismissive expression.