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    Rhetoric & Omission Entry #0597

    The reason an example is not evidence but persuades as one

    One case says nothing about how often. It arrives with detail, sequence and a face, and those are the properties that get treated as weight.

    Adept
    The hidden part #0597

    A case carries no frequency information and all the memorability. Choosing the example for how well it illustrates the point is where the argument moves.

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    Persuasion Systems Entry #0270

    The reason an anecdote survives a refutation

    A story is not stored as a claim that can be marked false. It is stored as an episode, and the correction has nowhere to attach.

    Master
    The hidden part #0270

    A correction is a proposition and an anecdote is an episode. Negation leaves the causal gap open, and the discredited story still fills it.

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