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Re: OT: Logic Fallacies
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Dave Oksner <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:00:30 -0700
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On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 03:36:45PM -0400, Mark Wonsil wrote:
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> http://www.iep.utm.edu/f/fallacies.htm#Anecdotal%20Evidence
> Anecdotal Evidence
> 
> If you discount evidence arrived at by systematic search or by testing in
> favor of a few firsthand stories, you are committing the fallacy of
> overemphasizing anecdotal evidence.

I think my favorite way of combatting this type of fallacy is the phase
"The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data.'"

Dave

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