RE: Anecdotal Evidence
November 2, 2016 at 12:07 pm
(This post was last modified: November 2, 2016 at 12:10 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Learn what the word fallacy means before you attempt to leverage it. It;s not a term for when the other guy catches you bullshitting.
You claimed, and I quoted you as claiming it..that some of our most important life decisions are based upon anecdotal evidence. It turns out that they aren't...that even your assessment of included anecdotes is based upon empirical evidence, and that even -you- don't think these decisions are or should be based upon anecdotal evidence. Further, none of the examples you gave are examples of things where there is or would be no other available evidence. I think you'd have as much trouble coming up with an example of that as you've had coming up with examples of important life decisions based upon anecdotal evidence.
So why claim it in the first place?
You claimed, and I quoted you as claiming it..that some of our most important life decisions are based upon anecdotal evidence. It turns out that they aren't...that even your assessment of included anecdotes is based upon empirical evidence, and that even -you- don't think these decisions are or should be based upon anecdotal evidence. Further, none of the examples you gave are examples of things where there is or would be no other available evidence. I think you'd have as much trouble coming up with an example of that as you've had coming up with examples of important life decisions based upon anecdotal evidence.
So why claim it in the first place?
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