• BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    Anecdote are not statistics.

    Head counts increasing at one company are often offset by losses from their competitors as they take market share due to increased productivity.

    The number of auto mechanics went up as the number of horse ranchers went down.

    • FarceOfWill@infosec.pub
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      5 months ago

      Lack of anecdotes and data definitely isn’t data.

      There’s an argument to be made here but the OP hasn’t made it, just asserted a well written evidenced post is written by an idiot