"Weight of evidence" is a dangerous term.Earth needs a virtual country: #Rationalia, with a one-line Constitution: All policy shall be based on the weight of evidence— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) June 29, 2016
"Weight of evidence" can put an innocent man in jail. In some places, he can get the death penalty.
"Weight of evidence" can overlook more important facts that get introduced later. Ask Galileo.
"Weight of evidence" defers to emotions when there is no evidence.
"Weight of evidence" gets defined by those in power, who are in turn subject to the Golden Rule: "He who has the gold makes the rules." If "weight of evidence" determines policy, and those in power determine the "weight of evidence", then "he who has the gold" will determine who is in power, which in turn will allow "he who has the gold to make the rules".
What Mr. Tyson forgets is that no matter how you create policy, eventually a human will be responsible for it.
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