I just have to point out that just because it’s anecdotal evidence doesn’t mean we shouldn’t take it as evidence- albeit with a good amount of salt. Especially from someone who we have evidence (Being on this site in the first place) is at least mildly rational.
(And I’m not even going to mention the ghosts thing.)
who we have evidence (Being on this site in the first place)
Careful. Lots of people can use the Internet. (It bothers me a little bit when people on LessWrong say things like ‘using LessWrong is evidence of rationality’ and suchlike, mostly because I feel it encourages complacency.)
His reputation here overwhelms any evidence from the mere fact that he’s here.
Oh wow, I totally misread Lauryn. I thought they were saying it’s mildly rational to take anecdotes as evidence from someone who was on “the site”, as in at the site of the spooky house. Like a general listens to a scout who has just surveyed some terrain and doesn’t say, “Haha, your mission was pointless! This report is nothing but worthless anecdotes! Come back when you have a decent effect size!”
I just have to point out that just because it’s anecdotal evidence doesn’t mean we shouldn’t take it as evidence- albeit with a good amount of salt. Especially from someone who we have evidence (Being on this site in the first place) is at least mildly rational. (And I’m not even going to mention the ghosts thing.)
Careful. Lots of people can use the Internet. (It bothers me a little bit when people on LessWrong say things like ‘using LessWrong is evidence of rationality’ and suchlike, mostly because I feel it encourages complacency.)
His reputation here overwhelms any evidence from the mere fact that he’s here.
I took “being on this site” to mean “being a regular” in this context.
Oh wow, I totally misread Lauryn. I thought they were saying it’s mildly rational to take anecdotes as evidence from someone who was on “the site”, as in at the site of the spooky house. Like a general listens to a scout who has just surveyed some terrain and doesn’t say, “Haha, your mission was pointless! This report is nothing but worthless anecdotes! Come back when you have a decent effect size!”