In general, I think anecdotes are way too filtered and too biased as an information source to be considered serious evidence.
We may agree. It depends on what work the word “serious” is doing in the quoted sentence.
In this context “serious” = “I’m willing to pay attention to it”.
We may agree. It depends on what work the word “serious” is doing in the quoted sentence.
In this context “serious” = “I’m willing to pay attention to it”.