How does the Earth's record of memory, presence, and distortion go from being poetic to becoming evidence?
0.1 ignorance (certainty that you don't know)
1 found anecdote (assumed motive)
2 adversarial anecdote (presumes inaccurate communication motive)
3 collaborative anecdote (presumes accurate communication motive)
4 experience of (possible illusion or delusion)
5 ground truth (consensus Reality)
6 occupational reality (verified pragmatism)
7 professional consensus (context specific expertise, best practice)
8 science (rigorous replication)
<- empirical probability / logical necessity ->
9 math, logic, Spiritual Geometry (semantic, absolute)
10 experience qua experience (you are definitely sensing this)
Anecdote can provide evidence, but only barely, as a tiebreaker.
0.1 ignorance (certainty that you don't know)
1 found anecdote (assumed motive)
2 adversarial anecdote (presumes inaccurate communication motive)
3 collaborative anecdote (presumes accurate communication motive)
4 experience of (possible illusion or delusion)
5 ground truth (consensus Reality)
6 occupational reality (verified pragmatism)
7 professional consensus (context specific expertise, best practice)
8 science (rigorous replication)
<- empirical probability / logical necessity ->
9 math, logic, Spiritual Geometry (semantic, absolute)
10 experience qua experience (you are definitely sensing this)
Anecdote can provide evidence, but only barely, as a tiebreaker.