tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post2166437263707011196..comments2023-11-05T23:07:01.842+11:00Comments on Grog's Gamut: Drum Piece –“Sorting fact from anecdote”Greg Jerichohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04956402439870441083noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-63207184337285391332012-03-04T10:22:01.705+11:002012-03-04T10:22:01.705+11:00Just like the often used 'he/she doesn't l...Just like the often used 'he/she doesn't live in the real world'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-24371224183401481402012-03-01T10:19:26.797+11:002012-03-01T10:19:26.797+11:00I've just finished reading Little Dorrit. It&#...I've just finished reading Little Dorrit. It's a very timely read with reference to governance and power. <br />LynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-65496619056109463612012-02-29T22:39:27.224+11:002012-02-29T22:39:27.224+11:00zmkc - yep Our Mutual Friend is on the list of to ...zmkc - yep Our Mutual Friend is on the list of to read as well. (another thumper of a read)Greg Jerichohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956402439870441083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-48480905822262618732012-02-29T21:08:27.220+11:002012-02-29T21:08:27.220+11:00Our Mutual Friend's great tooOur Mutual Friend's great toozmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-33969893683788772922012-02-29T20:51:48.857+11:002012-02-29T20:51:48.857+11:00Or rather, "blogs" doesn't seem to m...Or rather, "blogs" doesn't seem to mean what it used to any more...Caesar Wonghttp://www.cyberseraphic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-72993521968062031122012-02-29T19:43:00.521+11:002012-02-29T19:43:00.521+11:00Oolon, you're right anecdotes can be factual, ...Oolon, you're right anecdotes can be factual, but I guess it is more a case of not being the whole truth. As I write in the piece the problem with them is that "the part does not always represent the whole."Greg Jerichohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956402439870441083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-63194326068109464112012-02-29T19:00:27.737+11:002012-02-29T19:00:27.737+11:00I think the distinction between anecdotes and fact...I think the distinction between anecdotes and facts is a bit off — a lot of anecdotes are facts, the thing that makes them inadmissable is not their falsehood but that they lack context. (They usually also lack verifiability, but I don't think that was your point.)Oolon Colluphidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02551248140000240712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-49485028439811634442012-02-29T17:20:45.476+11:002012-02-29T17:20:45.476+11:00Thank you for the book tips I look foward to some ...Thank you for the book tips I look foward to some reading time after March in a class that is taking much of my time.Adriana Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00570645192425745079noreply@blogger.com