Bad evidence

"Fine, but that doesn't actually make your point" evidence

Good evidence

Yes, they have evidence to back up their information.

No, the existence of evidence is not enough because the evidence may be untrue or irrelevent.

"Not all evidence is crated equal."

Spurious correlation shows that things that seem to have nothing to do with each other are actually closely related. For example, touching your face and getting sick may not seem related, but they are; the more you touch your face, the more likely you are to catch a communicable illness.

Spurious correlation suggests a link between two things that actually have nothing to do with each other. For example, if I have more squirrels in my yard this summer and the number of flu cases goes down this summer, a spurious correlation might be that squirrels cure the flu.

The quality of our evidence, like the quality of our information, leads to the quality of our decisions.

"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."

- Master Yoda