[towlejunior]

> look at the plethora of anecdotal stories

Early frontrunner, Least Persuasive Rhetoric of the Year

[nostrebored]

When you ignore that nearly the entirety of the experiences that people share you're probably filtering out signal. But knowing HN some people won't be satisfied until we do a double blind study over the entirety of someone's life until they're an adult. Ooh and don't forget n must be ge 1000

[towlejunior]

All well and good. No one will read "look at the plethora of anecdotal stories" and think, "Oh, now I see."

It's a bit like saying, "There are convincing things out there. I don't have time to get into it, but the point is, you're wrong. Please accept this."