Testimony is evidence, there's a name for it and it's anecdotal evidence.
There's some situations in which using the word evidence to describe testimony would be flawed, and using testimony as evidence would be flawed.
In the context of science anecdotal evidence amounts to nothing. If you say you have evidence in the context of science you can't then say that the scientific evidence you're providing is that someone else told you something is true.
In the context of law it's evidence, it's better evidence if it's independent witnesses but the best evidence isn't anecdotal it's based on facts rather than heresay.
CCTV footage, audio recording, DNA, fingerprints, all examples of evidence that's more reliable than witness testimony.
Looking at the pure definitions is actually kind of complicated because if you search for the definition of evidence you could argue that anecdotal evidence isn't evidence I suppose. But if you look at the definition of anecdotal evidence it's evidence based on anecdotes.
To me it just seems like word play, maybe everyone is right and everyone in this thread is a winner.
There's some situations in which using the word evidence to describe testimony would be flawed, and using testimony as evidence would be flawed.
In the context of science anecdotal evidence amounts to nothing. If you say you have evidence in the context of science you can't then say that the scientific evidence you're providing is that someone else told you something is true.
In the context of law it's evidence, it's better evidence if it's independent witnesses but the best evidence isn't anecdotal it's based on facts rather than heresay.
CCTV footage, audio recording, DNA, fingerprints, all examples of evidence that's more reliable than witness testimony.
Looking at the pure definitions is actually kind of complicated because if you search for the definition of evidence you could argue that anecdotal evidence isn't evidence I suppose. But if you look at the definition of anecdotal evidence it's evidence based on anecdotes.
To me it just seems like word play, maybe everyone is right and everyone in this thread is a winner.
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Impersonation is treason.
