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0.1 ignorance (certainty that you don't know)

1 found anecdote (assumed motive)

2 adversarial anecdote (presumes inaccurate communication motive)

3 collaborative anecdote (presumes accurate communication motive)

4 experience of (possible illusion or delusion)

5 ground truth (consensus Reality)

6 occupational reality (verified pragmatism)

7 professional consensus (context specific expertise, best practice)

8 science (rigorous replication)

<- empirical probability / logical necessity ->

9 math, logic, Spiritual Geometry (semantic, absolute)

10 experience qua experience (you are definitely sensing this)

Anecdote can provide evidence, but only barely, as a tiebreaker.

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