the plural of anecdote is not data

[escherichiacola]

Defending Isagenix: A Case Study in Flawed Thinking
Published by Harriet Hall

The Internet is a wonderful new medium for communicating ideas and information in a rapid and interactive way. Many articles are followed by a “comments” section. Like so many things in this imperfect world, comments are a mixed blessing. They can enhance the article by

Comments

[ameliorate23]

Wow! That was... interesting.

And also made me seriously cringe at times, namely the commenter who said people shouldn't take FDA warnings seriously.

[fenris_lorsrai]

Now I want a picture of Lioness Pauling

[r0knr0ll]

this scares me

[gemfyre]

One wonders why so many humans have a tendency to believe tripe and to defend it vigourously/feel that anything against it is a personal attack.

I'd like to do a study on THAT.

[akcipitrokulo]

"The plural of anecdote is not data."

I love that quote.

I also want a refrigerator with a head. That would be cool.

[angelus7988]

All I could think of after that quote was "Haikus are easy / But sometimes they don't makes sense / Refrigerator."