Anecdotal Evidence Fallacy

In place of logical evidence, this fallacy substitutes examples from someone’s personal experience.

Redressing the fallacy

The claim isn’t that we should ignore the personal experience of others. That’s not what is in question. What is in question is the inferences that are drawn from the anecdote. We must not generalize from an unrepresentative sample (e.g., one personal experience) to increase the strength of your argument. Care must be given to how samples are selected and what inferences we can justifiably draw from them.