Yep, that seems to be right. One minor caveat; instead of
it is often reasonable to expect that part of what future evidence can tell us is already included in these updates.
I’d say something like:
“Past evidence affects how we interpret future evidence, sometimes weakening its impact.”
Thinking of the untrustworthy witness example, I wouldn’t say that “the witness’s testimony is already included in the fact that they are untrustworthy” (=”part of B’ already included in B”), but I would say “the fact they are untrustworthy affects how we interpret their testimony” (=”B affects how we interpret B’ ”).
Yep, that seems to be right. One minor caveat; instead of
I’d say something like:
“Past evidence affects how we interpret future evidence, sometimes weakening its impact.”
Thinking of the untrustworthy witness example, I wouldn’t say that “the witness’s testimony is already included in the fact that they are untrustworthy” (=”part of B’ already included in B”), but I would say “the fact they are untrustworthy affects how we interpret their testimony” (=”B affects how we interpret B’ ”).
But that’s a minor caveat.