• YeetPics@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    So my options in this scenario:

    1. read a first hand account from my ancestor and parse out any personal feelings that cloud the truth

    2. read an opinion from a nameless stranger online who has done nothing but doubt what I have read with my own eyes

    As you can see here, the ‘anecdotal evidence’ is coming from you, and the historical truth that actually existed is documented in this journal.

    Get your head out of your ass.

    • Thief_of_Crows@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Why are those your only options? You already ruled out researching what the actual truth is? Don’t take my word for it, prove me wrong. If I can be proven wrong, I want to know. My evidence is empirical, but 2nd hand. Better than anecdotal, but not proof in itself. Your grandfather’s journal is primary, but anecdotal. Would you rather be right, or be correct? I’d rather be correct.

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        1 year ago

        I have a first hand account written by a person who I trust.

        You can fuck off with your 2nd hand bullshit.

        You are wrong, misled and propagandized.

        You are a fool.

        • Thief_of_Crows@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          Oh, my research into the matter was propaganda? Is all of the rest of the actual data propaganda too? You have anecdotal evidence, which I have no doubt your grandfather believed was true, but which does not necessarily mean it is correct. The fact is that the vast majority of those who fled the USSR citing persecution had very much done something worthy of persecution. Most commonly, withholding the means of production from their workers.

          If I am wrong though, show me the proof. Anecdotal evidence is useful for verifying knowledge, and for creating hypotheses. For proof though, actual data is required.