I have been collecting some of them & the survey will help me find a few more.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @RichardDawkins
So you are writing about novel anecdotal cases for human interest. Do you suppose your readers interpret it as characteristically systemic?
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Replying to @plutonyum241 @RichardDawkins
They will disagree strongly on this. There is much evidence that it is systemic tho & I will include details of campus riots &no-platforming
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Replying to @HPluckrose @RichardDawkins
That's fine. But don't confuse your work for evidence.
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You mean don't confuse people pointing out problems as evidence of problems? So if I point out cases of racism against black people but not
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Replying to @ElleWest26 @plutonyum241 and
Cases of racism against asian people that means racism against black people is automatically a non-problem? How is being a voice for one
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Anecdotes are not useful as evidence. It's like saying you know a smoker who lived to 97, therefore smoking is healthy.
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Replying to @plutonyum241 @RichardDawkins
Simplistic. We have the evidence of censorship of non-orthodox views in universities. Now I want some experiences in addition to my own.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @RichardDawkins
That's fine. Just don't confuse your personal anecdotes and those you collect to be evidence.
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And be sure that the "evidence" you are talking about... actually is.
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Be sure not to tell people that vaccines cause autism.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
That's another good example. That myth is fueled by anecdotes just like the ones you are collecting.
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