evidence is any observation which adds to the body of observation in such a way that it seems to strengthen one or a few of many hypothesis in play at the expense of others. How evidence perform such a feat can depend on whether evidence is as it seems if scrutinized more closely.
a singular mark of intellectual dishonesty is tendency to overlook, or outright resist, closer scrutiny of available evidence because one is enamored with what the evidence appear to say at some particular level of scrutiny.
a singular mark of intellectual dishonesty is tendency to overlook, or outright resist, closer scrutiny of available evidence because one is enamored with what the evidence appear to say at some particular level of scrutiny.
