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    It is not the case that Independence should be rejected

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    • 1.In cases where both peers have misjudged first-order evidence, the disputed first-order evidence exerts an upward epistemic push that mitigates the impact of higher-order evidence
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    • 2.If first-order evidence can override the influence of higher-order evidence, then Independence — which forbids first-order evidence from influencing the weight given to higher-order evidence — is false
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