And I wonder how the line between you feeling something is anecdotal evidence or personal experience works. I mean really, if something's happened to you, it's personal experience. It can also be construed by someone as 'anecdotal evidence' which does very little bar attempting to invalidate it in the eyes of those who are aware of what anecdotal evidence actually means. I assume in most cases you would be speaking of the first meaning of anecdotal evidence, ie that based around an anecdote or hearsay rather than that which is considered true and verifiable being used to deduce an invalid conclusion in a way not logical, as I don't tend to use the second for any reason other than humour (my Jerry Springer paragraph in another thread comes to mind) I believe you're referring to the first type. Unfortunately when calling my evidence 'anecdotal' in the first type I mentioned, you cannot be sure my evidence is anecdotal as you simply don't know me or my doings well enough, especially as I don't tend to speak of parts of my life or past often enough in general let alone online. I will allow that in some cases you could call some of my words anecdotal as they may involve hearsay in some cases as I do use a few examples every so often of friends I've made, but as I do label those particular cases as such by stating the source as a friend, family member or whoever else, it is valid secondary evidence. This isn't the court system rather thankfully.Originally Posted by Sasquatch
And on topic, I wonder if depression isn't the only trigger for suicide. Some people get curious and a few of those curious people can't control their impulses. Like those people who have a need to open their car door when doing 100km/h on the freeway to see what would happen for example. An example... 'Hmmm, I wonder what would happen if I jump off that few hundred metre high cliff??!!!!' *SPLAT*
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