Let me rephrase that - if I, somehow, had to be in that accident again and fall head-first to the pavement, I would once again choose to be wearing a helmet, and I don't need a scientific research to make that choice. If you don't like that it's anecdotal - well, I can't help that.
And I think that hitting the pavement with the helmet instead of my head is indeed how the helmet should work, so it most certainly "works to some extent".
Unless you want to argue that I would have been just as fine hitting the ground at 25km/h without a helmet?
Or is your entire(and only) point that no one should ever mention anything they have ever experienced unless they can back it up by research by an approved institution?
"Unless you want to argue that I would have been just as fine hitting the ground at 25km/h without a helmet?"
Why not? Humans are pretty resilient. Maybe you wouldn't have, but I see no reason to dismiss so easily the possibility that you might have been fine.
Mentioning personal experience is fine, but you shouldn't make broad statements from it unless the experience actually justifies it.
Think of it like this: somewhere out there is a story that's the opposite of yours. Some guy wrecked his bike and hit his head without a helmet and was fine afterwards. He then concludes that helmets don't work. His reasoning is no different from yours, yet reaches the opposite conclusion. Clearly the reasoning must be flawed.
I am your guy hitting his head after a cycling accident and being fine afterwards. Would it surprise you that, in spite of being fine, it is right AFTER this accident that I decided to start wearing a helmet? Judging by your argument, you would call me illogical.
Why would I call you illogical? Did you conclude that wearing a helmet was a good idea based solely on your anecdotal experience, completely ignoring wider realities? Or did you actually think it through and not base your conclusion on a single event?
And I think that hitting the pavement with the helmet instead of my head is indeed how the helmet should work, so it most certainly "works to some extent".
Unless you want to argue that I would have been just as fine hitting the ground at 25km/h without a helmet?
Or is your entire(and only) point that no one should ever mention anything they have ever experienced unless they can back it up by research by an approved institution?