anecdotal evidence - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

ARTelevision · 01-16-2004, 05:50 AM

I always enjoy how anecdotal evidence can be used to "prove" anything. Here's a story reported today by Ohio.com. I invented the headline to make the point...

OBESITY SAVES LIVES

"A Chilean trapeze artist who plummeted to the ground while performing without a net was saved when he landed on an obese spectator, reports The Week."
...
Do you have some anecdotal evidence that offers spurious "proof" of something?

nukeu666 · 01-16-2004, 08:32 AM

fast food chain blamed for world war 3

the CIA obvioulsy misunderstood the order "take out chienese"

[for the slow witted="buy chienese fastfood"]

bonehed1 · 01-16-2004, 08:58 AM

LOL.....the trapeze story was funny as hell

01-16-2004, 05:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
ARTelevision I change Location: USA	anecdotal evidence I always enjoy how anecdotal evidence can be used to "prove" anything. Here's a story reported today by Ohio.com. I invented the headline to make the point... OBESITY SAVES LIVES "A Chilean trapeze artist who plummeted to the ground while performing without a net was saved when he landed on an obese spectator, reports The Week." ... Do you have some anecdotal evidence that offers spurious "proof" of something? __________________ create evolution

01-16-2004, 08:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
nukeu666 Junkie Location: India	fast food chain blamed for world war 3 the CIA obvioulsy misunderstood the order "take out chienese" [for the slow witted="buy chienese fastfood"] __________________ Why did the Comp. Engineer get X-mas and Halloween mixed up? Because Oct(31) == Dec(25)

01-16-2004, 08:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
bonehed1 Psycho Location: California	LOL.....the trapeze story was funny as hell __________________ Stuff is Good