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    eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Apr 20

    eigenrobot Retweeted Morgan Housel

    sort of wonder if data worked for a while because the relative value at the margins for data vs anecdote but now were asking much more of data, the easy problems are solvedhttps://twitter.com/morganhousel/status/1384643219187638273 …

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    Morgan HouselVerified account @morganhousel
    "The thing I have noticed is when the anecdotes and the data disagree, the anecdotes are usually right. There's something wrong with the way you are measuring it." -- Bezos. A quote I love and hate in equal parts.
    11:54 PM - 20 Apr 2021
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      2. Lone Volts Ahead‏ @LoneVoltsAhead Apr 21
        Replying to @eigenrobot

        Jeff makes a good point but his ability to draw useful insight from anecdotes is probably a bit higher than average

        4 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
      3. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Apr 21
        Replying to @LoneVoltsAhead

        hm yeah

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      2. Wiskerz‏ @wiskerz Apr 21
        Replying to @eigenrobot

        now we stop asking for data we ask for experts easier to make anecdotes

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      3. Wiskerz‏ @wiskerz Apr 21
        Replying to @wiskerz @eigenrobot

        sometimes we also ask 8 yo over lunch about important issues and tweet them as they mean anything data is obsolete

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      1. James MacFadden‏ @jimmy_macfadden Apr 21
        Replying to @eigenrobot

        Both are useful, but the thing is that data perpetuates itself. If you start providing a vastly different result from previously, you are going to get all sorts of questions which threaten the analysts jobs. Anecdotes are not threatening but can cause you to question the data.

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      2. Will Hinsa‏ @willhinsa Apr 21
        Replying to @eigenrobot

        it's not that the anecdotes are more often correct. it's that the people the anecdotes are resonating with are pointing to the right answer a la wisdom of the crowd

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      3. Will Hinsa‏ @willhinsa Apr 21
        Replying to @willhinsa @eigenrobot

        "data" is just a way for someone to tell a very uncompelling anecdote. if the causation was there, n=1 would have sold it

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      2. avery‏ @averykimball Apr 21
        Replying to @soundofcrunchy @eigenrobot

        data worked because we never questioned whether it didn't

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      1. Ryan Moulton‏ @moultano Apr 21
        Replying to @eigenrobot

        The chain from data to the question you want to answer is too long with too many weak links, but an anecdote is at least one complete chain.

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