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Doesn't apply to my case, it is the first time I am seeing someone tattoo his birthday on his chest and even if he did not hold a gun or stuff his crotch with fistfuls of money, my impression of him would be quite similar.
Really? Anecdotal evidence, in a scientific setting, is described as
This study is about the general trends of people judging others with tattoos incorrectly. It doesn't mean everyone, always, judges people incorrectly.
It also states that context matters for how accurately you judge someone. The gun, money, and the public information of his terrible actions, all change how you assess them and how accurate your assessment is.
So in your case, yes, if you judged him as a rapist because he had a birthday tattoo, you were correct. But that is anecdotal evidence. And context based.
Unless you're implying everyone with a birthday tattoo is also a sexual assaulter/rapist, which is certainly a take, then it is anecdotal and doesn't go against the studys findings.
No I was using this definition:
"Anecdotal evidence consists of personal experience or narrative used to draw a conclusion or make a point."
If you are asking my opinion on the matter, I would think that a person who has their birthday tattooed on their chests has a high probability to be a narcissist. It could of course be another sentimental issue like mother dying during birth etc but nothing I could see indicated this for the particular example.