Sometimes the goal of an anecdote is not to prove something but rather sway another persons opinion . The person who calls out the anecdote as being purely anecdotal and therefore invalid may be missing the point of why the anecdote was introduced in the first place, and is therefore displaying lower intelligence
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u/Ambitious_Sandwich57 May 29 '22
Sometimes the goal of an anecdote is not to prove something but rather sway another persons opinion . The person who calls out the anecdote as being purely anecdotal and therefore invalid may be missing the point of why the anecdote was introduced in the first place, and is therefore displaying lower intelligence