evidence-based

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evidence-based (not comparable)

  1. Based only on actual evidence, rather than tradition etc.
    • 2017 October 9, Karl Mathiesen, “Tony Abbott says climate change is 'probably doing good'”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      He told the GWPF Australia needed “evidence-based policy rather than policy-based evidence” and took aim at a 2013 study that showed that 97% of scientists agree humans are driving climate change, “as if scientific truth is determined by votes rather than facts”.
    • 2025 October 2, William Davies, “A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0”, in The Guardian‎[2]:
      The spectacle of a prominent vaccine sceptic and wellness crank as secretary of health and human services goes beyond an abandonment of truth; it feels like an assault on human progress. Bans on fluoride in tap water, passed by legislators in Utah and Florida at Robert F Kennedy Jr’s behest, mark a new hostility to the very idea of evidence-based government.

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