Comment on When does "what you know" become realer than "what you see"?
Grizzly_Biscuit@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Empirical VS anecdotal evidence.
Comment on When does "what you know" become realer than "what you see"?
Grizzly_Biscuit@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Empirical VS anecdotal evidence.
dope@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Yes lovely terms. But when (in the case of contradiction) does anecdotal take precedence (or authoritarian, well documented etc anecdotal even)?
Grizzly_Biscuit@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Oh…to be honest I think I read the prompt backwards. As a rule of thumb, anecdotes should always be taken with a grain of salt when presented with contradictory empirical evidence.