(November 10, 2016 at 6:54 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(November 10, 2016 at 4:24 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Ok... can you define the specific circumstances, and justify the reasoning behind the difference?
I said that AT BEST, anecdotal evidence has value in specific circumstances. I'd say for example if several people who don't have any connection to each other identify a criminal as having a particular tattoo, then the police should probably start looking for a guy with that tattoo. But even then, you must proceed with caution.
As for reasoning, please understand this. The bar required for evidence depends on the receiver, not on the person providing the evidence. There's no golden standard by which you get to announce that others must necessarily accept your word at face value.
Yes... we discussed before about persuasion vs evidence. And I do disagree. For instance, I think that a jury should find, based on the evidence, not that the evidence is found based on the jury. It also follows, that this changes what you are saying, when you say that something is not evidence. Because now this description is subjective, and based more on you, rather than the thing in question, therefore; it is saying more about you than the object.
