Rahvin quote:
"Do you see why Crash get's to use the word "fact," and you get to use the word "anecdote?""
That's pretty funny, rahvin. I've already stated why "Crash get's to use the word "fact"" and I don't--it's cuz he's in the same club as rahvin and others who'll carry his water for him.
I chose the word "anecdotal" because I knew that certain words are appropriate and others are not. You're really only making my case, rahvin, 'cause that's more than Crashfrog can say at this point (excepting of course that he has special license to say what he wants so long as so many others will defend his illogical statements to the bitter end--which is why we're STILL hung up on this, just in case sidelined isn't paying attention again.) My "anecdote" was only what it was, and it was an honest one, so far as that goes.
BTW, perhaps you are unfamiliar with the term "inspection"--we say "by inspection" to signify formally that a proof of an assertion is self-evident, and therefore unnecessary. It has nothing to do with "common knowledge" per se.
oh, PS, rahvin--here's a new fallacy to be considered: proof by consensus majority.
Edited by itrownot, : PS added