#Anecdotes

1/ I've noticed that a lot of people who pride themselves on being "rigorous" or "critical thinkers" have this simple heuristic that anecdotes = weak evidence. But I disagree! It

THREAD : 5 ANECDOTES SUR DES GENS QUI ONT CHANGES LE MONDE. Dans ce thread on va prendre plusieurs personnalités connus pour leurs oeuvres, et donner des anecdotes sur eux.

When I learned that people unfollow artists merely for not posting enough personal anecdotes, that's the thing that completely confirmed to me that I do not understand twitter. Detailed illustrations

(1/x) The human brain evolved primarily to enable complex social interactions, not rigorous math/statistical thinking. We are hardwired to place a lot of emphasis on isolated anecdotes, and social media

ﾶ乇ﾑｲ 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓭

Going to start discussing dreams here. I think many take dreams for granted as something that just "is", but when you think about it they're pretty wild and magical. We'll

all we currently have are limited and evolving metrics that experts are deciphering and acting upon immediately to the best of their ability. this terrain leaves many openings for opportunists

breaking news and storytelling will always be spun with interpretive bias from different media perspectives, but data is a science that can't be replaced by one-off anecdotes. try to remember

David Gorski, MD, PhD

While @realDonaldTrump did supercharge it, the wholesale embrace of #Hydroxychloroquine to treat #COVID19 based on anecdotes was well under way before Trump noticed. That’s on us, as doctors. We embraced

friendly reminder in times of uncertainty and misinformation: anecdotes are not data. (good) data is carefully measured and collected information based on a range of subject-dependent factors, including, but not

0. Today is Ramanujan's Birthday. (b 1887). 1. I am not going to recall some anecdotes etc which are all well known to most. Instead, I will stick to his

Questionally Pronunced Gloop N Spook

(1/2) Doing another PESI video thing in one of the trainings/courses I bought, some good ol' profesisonal development. Trouble is, the dude hosting this one (3rd in 3 videos) is

Over the past couple of weeks, I've had a number of media calls on the potential for 'ineligible' CERB applications. These are often backed by anecdotes.I don't doubt the anecdotes!

it can be difficult to know what to believe in a time when institutional trust is diminished and the gatekeepers of information have been dismantled, but it's more crucial now

Let’s put it out there, if you are healthy, whatever your age, your risk of dying from the #coronavirus is the same as from the flu.If you are healthy and

Frank Cottrell-Boyce

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I couldn’t sleep last night so I read this. It’s by, among others, Dominic Raab and Priti Patel. It outlines their “thinking”. It's difficult to convey how ridiculous it is.

Magneto Apologist

You all ever have it where certain ppl you want to commune with only give you one sentence responses or no responses. And the ppl you don't want to talk