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		jibiki on May 2, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reg Braithwaite on Optimism That's what the saying means. "The plural of anecdote is (probably) not statistically significant data" is not very catchy. Imagine if you had to say "a rolling stone (most of the time) gathers no (or at least very little) moss."

cyunker on May 2, 2009 [–]

Yeah, I understand the intent of the phrase, I just think it's a bad way of putting it.

By the way, I did enjoy the Optimism presentation. I didn't mean to take away from it with my nitpick.

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