• newfie@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    I am serious that anecdotal evidence is not statistically significant and that, therefore, one random child is not representative of anything

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      4 months ago

      If you only look at each individual tree as a tree, you’ll fail to realize you’re in a forest.

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        4 months ago

        So if the above person was familiar with Whitmer then I should presume that most people also are?

        Your points aren’t making sense. Anecdotal evidence gathered from a non-American child’s comments on a random post on a fringe STEM-lord website is not representative of anything.

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          Jesus you people are insufferable. Not knowing about Whitmer is a single anecdote that is consistent with a trend that is quite obvious and so help me god if you do that sealioning bullshit demanding a peer reviewed study about Whitmers name recognition

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            4 months ago

            consistent with a trend that is quite obvious

            What trend?

            sealioning

            Using terms like this makes one sound socially maladjusted. Which makes sense given the site we’re on. Which reinforces my point that a random comment has no representative value - people on here are STEM-brained weirdos or are bots. Either way, not exactly representative of the median adult US voter