Editing We use the US legal standard for evaluating evidence

== How We Evaluate Evidence ==
Introduction: "a brick is not a wall". [TBD]

=== Evidence is not the same as proof ===
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=== Evidence can be relevant or irrelevant ===
Evidence is relevant if it tends to make the issue at hand '''more or less likely to be true'''.

=== Evidence can be strong or weak ===
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==== There are many kinds of evidence, some stronger than others ====
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=== All ''relevant'' evidence (whether strong or weak) is considered ===

* The '''strongest''' relevant evidence should be given the '''most''' '''weight'''.
* Relevance depends on the thing we're trying to prove. For example:
** An Amazon [[K-9 Break Stick (Amazon Listing)|breakstick review]] by a pitbull owner can be relevant to show that [[Break Stick: a Required Tool|responsible pitbull owners carry breaksticks]]. 
** However, that same review will probably ''not'' be relevant to the trope of [[Mistaken Identity]].