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Consciousness: Discrepancy Between RevisionsQuantum Parxexia proposes a novel approach to human consciousness. By merging quantum physics with philosophy, it suggests that consciousness is not merely a product of the brain but rather an interaction with the quantum nature of existence. Particle entanglement and superposition of thoughts are some phenomena highlighting the relationship between consciousness and quantum nature. Through this synergy, new understandings of the human soul and its evolution are unveiled. Alexandros Vougiatzis (talk) 03:43, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
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AFCR songsDon't you think all the AFCR song redirects shouldve been anchored to the table NotAGenious (talk) 17:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
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- Sovenfire3982 Sovenfire3982 (talk) 22:11, 20 June 2024 (UTC) Anecdotal EvidenceI'm not sure how your edit to the Anecdotal Evidence page is helpful. You stated that I did not cite a necessary source. The article as it stands now does not cite sources for many of its claims. In addition, you reverted the article to a state where only one community of people are considered, that of scientists, when anecdotal evidence figures in to far more topics. I'm not really sure what you are trying to accomplish here. I am going to revert the article. If you can state which parts are unsourced or need to be sourced, as well as why certain parts of the revert are not sourced, I would be happy to follow any guidelines. Thanks. -Chris — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:152:4C7C:1D0:A18E:6D23:2A5E:8FC4 (talk) 05:55, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
Anecdotal EvidenceIssues that I have with the article: Anecdotal evidence is evidence based only on personal observation, collected in a casual or non-systematic manner. There is no citation for this claim, no reference for it, and it does violence to the entire concept of anecdotal evidence. First of all, ALL evidence is based on personal observation from the perspective of epistemology. The only exception is deduction of logic. So this statement does not help the reader and misinforms the reader that anecdotal evidence is somehow different from other evidence in the respect that it is "observed personally". How is evidence observed impersonally, for instance? This is a terrible explanation. collected in a causal or non-systematic manner This again, is a poor definition. What is meant by "causal"? What does this add to the opening remarks? It just confuses the reader. "Non-systematic" manner does not mean that something is anecdotal, nor does "systematic" prove that evidence is not anecdotal. Biographies, for example are Anectodal Evidence, but they are systematic. Random sampling isn't systematic, but it is not anecdotal.
This is a poorly worded and non-sequitor statement. A section needs to be made and expanded for Anecdotal Evidence in marketing. When compared to other types of evidence, anecdotal evidence is generally regarded as limited in value There is no source cited here, and anecdotal evidence is NOT generally regarded as limited in value EXCEPT by certain portions of the scientific community. For example, eyewitness testimony in legal trials (which is a form of anecdotal evidence) is the MOST CONVINCING to a jury, even above scientific evidence. Anecdotal Evidence is the modus operendi of the realm of Law, Journalism, History, Psychology and regular human behavior and it is NOT "generally regarded as limited in value". This is clearly an opinion statement from a very small group which is not representative of the use of anecdotal evidence by general society. Also NO SOURCE is cited for this!
due to a number of potential weaknesses, Anecdotal evidence does not have "weaknesses" nor is it weaker. It has less aspects of intellectual vigor, meaning there are less safeguards in place to prevent incorrect, inaccurate of fabricated data. This does not mean that all anecdotal evidence is weaker. but may be considered within the scope of scientific method as some anecdotal evidence can be both empirical and verifiable,
Anecdotal evidence cannot be empirical as those terms are polar opposites. Verifying anecdotal evidence with empiricism does not turn anecdotal evidence into empiricism. It's simply two wholly different methods which agree. All of these claims and statements, again, are WP Opinion, or are just simply wrong. I could go on, but I hope you see my point.
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Mb for the kendrick new song mistakesIm kinda new to editing so my bad 79.186.243.104 (talk) 15:59, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
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