The Role of Anecdotes in Science

The vast majority of things on this planet cannot be studied with a randomized controlled trial. It's the gold standard, but just because it's the goldstandard doesn't mean it's always possible or even ethical. The quote investigator gives the earliest reference of that quote to 1988 professor of psychology and primatologist, urban S Bernstein writing in the journal. There's no way that quote is from 19. And brain science is that's just the earliest incident that he could find.