• Hacksaw@lemmy.ca
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        13 days 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
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        13 days 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.