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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow evidence is used on the internet.
1) Adopt a position
2) Google for evidence that supports that position
3) Cite that evidence. Congratulations! you now have an evidence-based opinion!
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How evidence is used on the internet. (Original Post)
Donald Ian Rankin
Apr 2013
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Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)1. Hmmm....
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)2. *Asterisk*
* "Evidence may include screeds from BS RW and neonazi and CT sites and anywhere else some uninformed, clueless asshole opinion is posted." If it's on the internet, it must be true.
Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)4. *Good*evidence may well include that.
Just because you don't like the site it's on, doesn't mean the numbers are wrong.
I think you're illustrating a corollary to my point 2, to be honest - "if, while doing so, you find some evidence you don't like, dismiss it".
pennylane100
(3,425 posts)5. It is important to know your sources.
Fact check the fact checker.
Deep13
(39,154 posts)3. Pretty much. nt
MineralMan
(146,254 posts)6. Yup. That's how it's done far too often.
Too bad, really.