[Ditto]

Drawing inferences from anecdotal evidence, especially personal anecdotal evidence, is generally a bad idea.

True statement. Trusting 'experts' is also generally a bad idea.

Take your pick. When it comes to understanding people, I'll stick with my gut feeling built on decades of hard earned experience.

[curiosity]

True statement. Trusting 'experts' is also generally a bad idea.

Also a true statement. That's why I rely on neither anecdotes not experts. I rely on hard empirical data.