Comment on When does "what you know" become realer than "what you see"?

Grizzly_Biscuit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• dope@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Yes lovely terms. But when (in the case of contradiction) does anecdotal take precedence (or authoritarian, well documented etc anecdotal even)?

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  • Grizzly_Biscuit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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.

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