@hansw@mastodon.social Thats the danger of anecdotal evidence, mixed with a natural case of confirmation bias. You often see things that differ from the overall reality.

I have no doubt you have seen examples of people who were making less money, minimum wage was raised, and they made more, but youa re far less likely to hear or associate the people who lost their jobs when minimum wage increased with the actual minimum wage having increased, and you likely found another reason to justify that loss of work, or perhaps due to confirmation bias didnt not it as significant at all.

We try hard to look at objective data in science and go where the data sends us, but that doesnt mean it has to be blindly followed. If you feel strongly the data is incorrect here, as a scientist or even just a citizen you'd be welcome to explain why and then adjust the model to incorperate and prove out your explanation. But anecdotal evidence is not going to be very convincing up against objective data that doesnt have an opinion of its own.