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You're attributing this trend to iOS autocorrect? Such an optimist.

• stcredzero 12y ago
  Look elsewhere in this thread: Not only am I an optimist, I happened to be right. (It's the plural of anecdotes that's data, of course.)
  • grkvlt 12y ago
    The anecdote/data statement is usually rendered "The plural of anecdote is not data" so your point is not strictly true. Obviously with enough consistent anecdotes, they can be considered as data, but n is going to have to be convincingly large... ;)
    • stcredzero 12y ago
      The anecdote/data statement is usually rendered "The plural of anecdote is not data" so your point is not strictly true. And that would be a misquote: "You may have heard the phrase the plural of anecdote is not data. It turns out that this is a misquote." http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-the-fox-knows/ http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-the-fox-knows/
      • grkvlt 12y ago
        Wow. Thanks for the correction. I learned something new today: > The original aphorism, by the political scientist Ray Wolfinger, [...] The plural of anecdote is data.
      • zimpenfish 12y ago
        I much prefer "The plural of anecdote is Gladwell"