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Cherry picking facts that strengthen only one side of an argument is as bad, or even worse than getting the facts wrong. "Wrong facts" are easily caught. Facts
by msravi 7y ago
Cherry picking facts that strengthen only one side of an argument is as bad, or even worse than getting the facts wrong. "Wrong facts" are easily caught. Facts that are omitted or those that are presented without context are only discernible to someone who knows the subject, and otherwise appears balanced and well argued to anyone who isn't an expert.
Pointing out the omission of facts isn't "wanting an echo chamber".
- rumanator 7y ago> Cherry picking facts OP's assertion was that the literature review didn't went as deep as he felt like it should with regards to a single data point. That's not remotely comparable to cherry picking.
- msravi 7y agoRead again: > I don't know if they left out those facts because it didn't fit with the tone of the magazine of if they failed to do their research properly > I came to the conclusion that it was the former OP is explicit that they left out facts that didn't "fit the tone of their magazine". That's pretty much the definition of cherry picking. And leaving out facts always has the advantage of falling back on plausible deniability.