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Re:As Their Numbers Grow, Covid-19 “Long Haulers” Stump Experts
by richardthered on Friday September 25, 2020 @03:02PM
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Anecdotes are data. Quite literally. Each is one data point. A data point is not a conclusion. To draw valid conclusions you need a large body of data. But each anecdote is, quite literally, a single data point.
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Re:As Their Numbers Grow, Covid-19 “Long Haulers” Stump Experts
by vmception on Friday September 25, 2020 @04:58PM
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a data point is not a conclusion
the person you replied to said that
since it has to be said, with you, that means nobody here is saying that popular anecdotes prove anything
your entire argument is based on a failure to communicate
Re:As Their Numbers Grow, Covid-19 “Long Haulers” Stump Experts
by nickthemagicman on Friday September 25, 2020 @07:05PM
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Anecdotes are not data.
Even in sociological surveys The surveys ask well crafted questions to avoid anecdotal information.
Re:As Their Numbers Grow, Covid-19 “Long Haulers” Stump Experts
by vmception on Friday September 25, 2020 @01:47PM
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A grabber sentence is a literary concept that includes a rhetorical generalization used as a pathway into argument.
That part worked, pretty predictably, but it doesn’t seem like you read the argument. Hm.
Re:As Their Numbers Grow, Covid-19 “Long Haulers” Stump Experts
by nickthemagicman on Friday September 25, 2020 @04:40PM
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Grabber for who? People who don't understand science?
they can be used to prioritize resources to create the real study, and they are the crux of our evolutionary selection thus far.
when the former is not available, the latter has been pretty reliable for self-preservation even if the "why" isn't apparent or is completely made up conjecture.
there is no utility in lecturing on anecdotes when the complete scientific mindshare of planet is looking in different directions that may be just as irrelevant as the anecdote.