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by ironmagma
898 days ago
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I think the actual thing is that anecdotal evidence is actually quite compelling evidence. You can drive a car for days on end all on anecdotal evidence, successfully. It's just that it's less compelling than lots of anecdotes (data in aggregate). |
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Of course, you can absorb information, observations, into your brain, and make judgments, like the road is wet, the light is red. It is fairly subjective, not recorded. Whether you report to the police that you swear the light was green. or Crazy uncle says aliens ate his turnips.
They are really almost about the same level of verifiability. Then it is just probabilities that make us really dismiss the alien hypothesis.
That is a lot different from forming a hypothesis, performing a controlled experience and taking measurements to prove/disprove hypothesis.
When troubleshooting, I will take in all observations, no matter how strange. But I wouldn't say they are the problem without further verification.