• aidan@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Thank you for describing why your anecdote is an outlier and DEFINITELY doesn’t prove any norm.

    Where did I say it was the norm??? You called someone a liar for giving an anecdote. Outliers do happen…

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      2 months ago

      They’re a liar for attempting to use an anecdote to disprove a trend. That’s basic, basic manipulation tactics. Manipulation is wrong, misleading, and arguably lying when misusing data.

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        2 months ago

        They never said anything about a trend. They said not all teachers are poor. That doesn’t mean they were disagreeing that teachers tend to be underpaid.