Any time anyone had a premonition about a car accident, switched lanes, and then nothing happened, or any time someone had a dream or an emotional sensation that their relative died and then they didn't, is not only not here telling their story, but has also probably forgotten about their one out of place thought that one time entirely.
any time anyone had an attempt to hit a nail with a hammer, and then they missed and hit their thumb instead, howling as their thumb swells up to 13 times its size, is not only not here telling their successful carpentry story, but has also probably forgotten about their one attempt at carpentry entirely
Any time anyone had a premonition about a car accident, switched lanes, and then nothing happened, or any time someone had a dream or an emotional sensation that their relative died and then they didn't, is not only not here telling their story, but has also probably forgotten about their one out of place thought that one time entirely.
any time anyone had an attempt to hit a nail with a hammer, and then they missed and hit their thumb instead, howling as their thumb swells up to 13 times its size, is not only not here telling their successful carpentry story, but has also probably forgotten about their one attempt at carpentry entirely
facts don't care about your feelings
Selection bias.
Yeah, thi explains a lot of the anecdotal stuff.
Can be filtered out with statistical analysis of course.