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