If the anecdotal fallacy is the vehicle, then the fallacy of incomplete evidence, or the cherry-picking fallacy, is the engine that drives it. Cherry-picking is the selective use of evidence to reject or ignore details that contradict or undermine the speaker’s assertion. The evidence in question might vary in type and scope; it may be the carefully curated selection of supportive anecdotes and testimonials we have previously seen in the anecdotal fallacy. Worse, it might be a selective fixation on only the data that chimes with one’s prejudice while ignoring what the evidence truly conveys.
