Filtered Evidence

Sequences:

• Filtered Evidence, Filtered Arguments by Abram Demski

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

Blog posts

• The Bottom Line
• What Evidence Filtered Evidence?
• Informers and Persuaders

• 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

Filtered Evidenceevidenceis informationevidence that was selected for the purpose of proving (disproving) a potentially biased intermediary has decided to show to you.hypothesis. Filtered evidence may be highly misleading, but still it can be useful, if considered with care.

Blog posts

• The Bottom Line
• What Evidence Filtered Evidence?
• Informers and Persuaders

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

Filtered evidenceEvidenceis evidenceinformation 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.potentially biased intermediary has decided to show to you.

Blog posts

• The Bottom Line
• What Evidence Filtered Evidence?
• Informers and Persuaders

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