Not just magical thinkers. I heard Massimo Pigliucci making the same “this isn’t definitive and therefore it tells us nothing” argument on the most recent Rationally Speaking podcast.
You’re right. I think scientific thinkers can sometimes misinterpret skepticism as meaning that nothing short of peer-reviewed, well-executed experiments can be considered evidence. I think sometimes anecdotal evidence is worth taking seriously. It isn’t the best kind of evidence, but it falls above 0 on the continuum.
Not just magical thinkers. I heard Massimo Pigliucci making the same “this isn’t definitive and therefore it tells us nothing” argument on the most recent Rationally Speaking podcast.
You’re right. I think scientific thinkers can sometimes misinterpret skepticism as meaning that nothing short of peer-reviewed, well-executed experiments can be considered evidence. I think sometimes anecdotal evidence is worth taking seriously. It isn’t the best kind of evidence, but it falls above 0 on the continuum.