Sometimes none, if the source of the evidence is biased and you’re a mere human.
There are unbiased sources of evidence now?
That question doesn’t have anything to do with the claim that you can make someone less informed by giving them biased evidence.
Some sources of evidence are less biased than others. Some sources of evidence will contain biases which are more problematic than others for the problem at hand.
Of course. But Rowan seemed to be arguing a much stronger claim.
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Sometimes none, if the source of the evidence is biased and you’re a mere human.
There are unbiased sources of evidence now?
That question doesn’t have anything to do with the claim that you can make someone less informed by giving them biased evidence.
Some sources of evidence are less biased than others. Some sources of evidence will contain biases which are more problematic than others for the problem at hand.
Of course. But Rowan seemed to be arguing a much stronger claim.