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Old May 12, 2017, 07:28 AM
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It's the fallacy of "selección de la información", "evidencia incompleta" o "supresión de pruebas". It's often used the loan word cherry-picking in academical settings to mean "you willingly select what helps your case and ignore the vast field of what's against it".

There are several different uses according the circumstances, from "recordar los aciertos y olvidar los yerros" or "punteo de la información" to the popular "¡vos the agarrás de lo que te conviene!".
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