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To start we should have a few attempts at offering an operational defintion for 'evidence'.
I think of evidence as something anyone can agree on irrespective of world-view. For example, pretend I have a yellowish/greenish string. I claim that the string is 1.5 meters long and is green in color. I gather 10 people to measure the string and judge it's color. All 10 people agree that the string is 1.5 meters long because length is an objective measurement, and can be used as evidence. However, half the people say the string is yellow while the other half calls it green. This is a subjective measure. However, this subjective measure can also be narrowed down to an objective measure. By measuring the intensity and wavelength of light that reflect off the string I can make an objective measure of its "color". In this way I can relate the color of this string to other strings, unlike using the subjective judgement of color.
What it boils down to is using metrics that do not change, and metrics that can be used between different samples. If the data is presented in such a manner, then the only argument involved is how to interpret the objective evidence.
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