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Filtered evidence is evidence that was selected for the fact that it supports (or opposes) a hypothesis. Filtered evidence may be highly misleading, but still it can be useful, if considered with care.

Sequences:

  • Filtered Evidence, Filtered Arguments by Abram Demski

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
Posts tagged Filtered Evidence
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102What Evidence Filtered Evidence?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
16y
43
12
266Heads I Win, Tails?—Never Heard of Her; Or, Selective Reporting and the Tragedy of the Green Rationalists
Zack_M_Davis
4y
39
11
209Yes Requires the Possibility of No
Scott Garrabrant
4y
52
11
88Thinking About Filtered Evidence Is (Very!) HardΩ
abramdemski
3y
Ω
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118How to Bounded Distrust
Zvi
5mo
15
2
85A Rational Argument
Eliezer Yudkowsky
16y
41
1
152The Bottom Line
Eliezer Yudkowsky
16y
14
1
39Charisma is a Force Multiplier
Davis_Kingsley
3y
10
1
37Littlewood's Law and the Global Media
gwern
4y
3
1
29Informers and Persuaders
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
21
1
24Monty Hall in the Wild
Jacob Falkovich
5y
9
1
13Charting Deaths: Reality vs Reported[anonymous]5y
1
1
12The Paradox of Expert Opinion
Emrik
2y
9
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