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by ABoldGambit 2154 days ago
Lots of anecdotal experiences with no empirical data. I’m gonna chalk this one up to clickbait.
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You can't always wait for hard data.

Sometimes (especially when it comes to life-affecting questions like "will my company / job survive or not?" it's necessary to draw inferences from unstructured observation -- a.k.a. "anecdotal data".

It's a very useful cognitive skill, in fact.