(October 23, 2016 at 6:29 pm)Tazzycorn Wrote:(October 23, 2016 at 2:35 pm)Whateverist Wrote: Anecdotal evidence is like kinky sex. Both are fine behind closed doors but neither will do in formal situations.
There is one difference between the two, and it's a doozy. Kinky sex does exist (granted at whatever level you consider is kinky), whereas anecdotal evidence does not.
Anecdotal evidence is an oxymoron of a similar magnitude to "pacifist mass murderer". You're trying to shoehorn two completely incompatible concepts into one concept and they just will not go.
It's evidence to the experiencer. It's bad evidence when used to convince others of some ultimate or important truth, but it's still evidence no matter how weak.
