"Believing that your hypothesis must be correct before all the evidence is gathered encourages you to interpret the evidence selectively."
— Gary Taubes

January 1, 1970

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Chapter 2, “The Inadequacy of Lesser Evidence” (p. 24)

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Chapter 2, “The Inadequacy of Lesser Evidence” (p. 24)