It might seem axiomatic that we can’t draw conclusions from one case. Single cases are nothing more than anecdotes, right? Anecdotes are selected from the wild, and they make it through the overwhelming din of informational noise because they:a) are sensationalb) flatter our prejudicesc) conveniently support a preferred narratived) confirm pre-existing beliefs (e.g., confirmation bias).Just look at the countless media stories of COVID vaccine skeptics dying of COVID. How convenient to choose these stories and not others (e.g., the vaccine injured).So we cannot extrapolate from anecdotes. We cannot generalize from them. Nor can we conclude much from them at all....
