What is Evidence? Part 2: Anecdotal Evidence
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We do a deep dive into anecdotes and anecdotal evidence. Exploring the importance of anecdotes for humans helps us understand its value and its weaknesses as evidence because of human cognitive biases and the fallacies we use to defend them.
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