🤔Our parents' openness to changing their minds inspired us to do the same.
💡Experiencing situations where we changed our minds reinforced the value of open-mindedness.
🙌Criticism of lacking randomized control trials does not apply to personal experiences.
🔬Anecdotes can be valid evidence depending on the claim being made.
⚖️Randomized control trials are the gold standard of evidence, but can be misapplied.
How do you know there's a causal connection between your parents' open-mindedness and your own?
—While there are no randomized control trials, I have personal experiences and observed my parents' influence.
Are anecdotes considered data?
—Anecdotes can be data depending on the claim being made. They provide evidence for specific cases.
Why do skeptics sometimes dismiss anecdotes?
—Some skeptics may blindly apply the principle that anecdotes aren't data to dismiss beliefs they don't want to accept.
Is open-mindedness always valuable?
—Open-mindedness is generally valuable, although it should be balanced with critical thinking and evidence-based reasoning.
What is the gold standard of evidence?
—Randomized control trials are considered the gold standard of evidence.
00:00Introduction and background of the video.
00:23Parents' openness to changing their minds inspired us.
01:33Criticism of lacking randomized control trials.
01:57Anecdotes as valid evidence depending on the claim.
02:53Gold standard of evidence and its misapplication.
