anecdotal evidence

My posts show that I have posted a number of anecdotes, and the response from skeptics is that only repeatable peer-reviewed evidence is acceptable. In the last few weeks I have had to research possible cures for sarcoptic mites in dogs and the possibility that the dog mite can infect humans...

Today the British General Medical Council struck off Robert Trossel, a doctor who had treated multiple sclerosis patients with injections of stem cells http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11425435. The doctor had exaggerated the benefits of the treatment, which were 'based on "anecdotal and...

Why is eyewitness testimony and anecdotal evidence the lowest form of evidence in science? What books would you recommend that explain why anecdotal evidence is not good evidence? Any good videos out there that demonstrate the unreliability of eyewitness testimony? I just want to be able...

I found this informative scientific paper. It's about known rare or elusive species but has implications for cryptozoology. Using Anecdotal Occurrence Data for Rare or Elusive Species: The Illusion of Reality and a Call for Evidentiary Standards A pdf file.

...Medicine 2.0.

See http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=446979&in_page_id=1879 Excerpt: "She tells me that my husband’s name is Simon. ‘Wrong!’ I say, quite relieved that she’s screwed up so spectacularly and I can go back to disbelieving all this nonsense. "Only later...

I've re-read it a few times, but the most recent commentarty seems to take at face-value an e-mail from someone claiming they got an infection from a JOG surgery. Did I miss something that would validate this as true? I think JOG is a dangerous nut-ball, but we certainly wouldn't accept a...