Dr_Satan@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 months agoWhen somebody tells you something, sometimes it's something they personally experienced and sometimes it's something they heard from somebody else. How do you tell the difference?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhen somebody tells you something, sometimes it's something they personally experienced and sometimes it's something they heard from somebody else. How do you tell the difference?Dr_Satan@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareLmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoUnless they write it clearly like your examples there’s no way to know without asking. Even if they did it personally that’s still selection bias and doesn’t necessarily change how valid their statement is.
Unless they write it clearly like your examples there’s no way to know without asking.
Even if they did it personally that’s still selection bias and doesn’t necessarily change how valid their statement is.