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Filtered evidence is evidence that was selected for the purpose of proving (disproving) a hypothesis. Filtered evidence may be highly misleading, but still it can be useful, if considered with care.

See also

  • Conservation of expected evidence
  • Rational evidence, Standard of evidence, Adversarial process
  • Epistemic hygiene
  • Availability bias, Dangerous knowledge
  • Dark arts, Arguments as soldiers, Rationalization
  • Not technically a lie
  • Anthropics
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