Michael Perelman wrote:
>> George Sigler said that anecdotes do not constitute data.  He was
>> probably right, but today I would like to think differently.

financial markets use anecdotes as data (evidence) all the time. A few
weeks ago, United Airlines stock fell toward zero simply on the basis
of false anecdotal evidence.
-- 
Jim Devine /  "Nobody told me there'd be days like these / Strange
days indeed -- most peculiar, mama." -- JL.
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