• aidan@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Thank you for describing why your anecdote is an outlier and DEFINITELY doesn’t prove any norm.

    Where did I say it was the norm??? You called someone a liar for giving an anecdote. Outliers do happen…

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      5 months ago

      They’re a liar for attempting to use an anecdote to disprove a trend. That’s basic, basic manipulation tactics. Manipulation is wrong, misleading, and arguably lying when misusing data.