• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
    914·
    5 months ago

    Anecdotes aren’t data.

    Ride my ass so closely that you put me in danger, and I’m taking my time.

      • Hacksaw@lemmy.ca
        22·
        5 months ago

        Anecdotes aren’t data points either. For data points to become useful data they have to be standardised across parameters to create valid correlations. Anecdotes are not that.

      • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
        22·
        5 months ago

        Okay but they’re not. Right? Data points by themselves aren’t data. That’s why they have a different name.

        If you look at one data point, then everyone with red hair is a billionaire because I saw one once.