Ok... but everything is not a scientific investigation. And it seems that anecdotes are said to not evidence for a scientific claim, because these claims are of a different nature than others. It’s not denying the claims of the anecdote, but saying that it is not eneough to establish a pattern or a scientific rule. We still rely on the observation of others, and for them to transmit that information verbally or in written form to others.
Often an example for this is something like my aunt drank eight glasses of water everyday and her cancer went into remission. The anecdotal saying is not saying that these things didn’t happen or that the testimony is not evidence in the issue of these things being true or false. It’s not evidence, when one claims that drinking X amount of water cures cancer. The statements may likely be true, but they don’t make the correlation between the two events.
Often an example for this is something like my aunt drank eight glasses of water everyday and her cancer went into remission. The anecdotal saying is not saying that these things didn’t happen or that the testimony is not evidence in the issue of these things being true or false. It’s not evidence, when one claims that drinking X amount of water cures cancer. The statements may likely be true, but they don’t make the correlation between the two events.
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man. - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther
