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Originally Posted by wbradley
To me, commenting that what I added was anecdotal means it isn't necessarily anything more than heresay. It is not necessary validated and therefore can easily be disregarded. Which I disagree with.
Pease do proceed with the instruction in semantics, though.
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anecdote has an Implication of truth, hearsay has an implication that you don’t know it to be true or not.
An anecdote should never be used to validate or invalidate an argument or claim as it is one persons account or a small percentage of a groups account of events and may very easily not accurately represent the statistical norm.
I stated 2 of my personal anecdotes in a prior post not long before yours, but prefaced it was anecdotal, as In i know it to not be an accurate representation of the norm, however it is an interesting or entertaining story related to the topic.
