How more data can make you more wrong (Replays in slow motion more likely to convict)
More data = more ways to create the picture you want or need; also different videos shown give a different reaction
Seen at speed, his raising of his hand looked nothing more than an
involuntary and instinctive act of self-defence. Viewed in slow motion
(as the third umpire saw it), it seemed a wilful and deliberate act of
wicket–preservation. In the first instance, everything happened so
quickly that it seemed impossible that Stokes had time to think; in slow
motion it seemed impossible that he hadn’t.
those ‘juries’ shown a slow-motion replay were more than three times as
likely to convict as those who saw events at the correct speed. The
effect diminished when the footage was shown at both speeds, but
persisted: such juries were still one and a half times more disposed to
find the gunman guilty.
A fairly good rule of thumb is that the more data you have, the more
gold is contained therein… but at the price of an even greater volume of
false gold
Constructing an inaccurate but plausible narrative is much easier when
you can cherry-pick from 50 pieces of information than from five.