Cherry picking
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title:
Cherry picking
text:
Cherry picking, suppressing evidence, or the fallacy of incomplete evidence is the act of pointing to individual cases or data that seem to confirm a particular position while ignoring a significant portion of related and similar cases or data that may contradict that position. Cherry picking may be committed intentionally or unintentionally. The term is based on the perceived process of harvesting fruit, such as cherries. The picker would be expected to select only the ripest and healthiest fru
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Fallacy of incomplete evidence
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_picking
date created:
2003-09-27T20:38:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T19:51:58Z
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