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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's more like: I've only ever seen two unicorns, and both were white. Someone is trying to convince me that pink unicorns exist and I am saying I would like to see a pink unicorn.

Seems like you are intentionally trying to start a conflict where none exists.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Nah, just pointing out that the plural of "anecdote" is not "data".