aif version: AIF-Core-2011
mesh aif profile: 1.0
exported at: 2026-08-30T19:16:53.878Z
attestation:
  identifier: R6o3NZI4
  argument id: cmorpemtv00788cjzvrk79kwn
  permalink: https://www.isonomia.app/a/R6o3NZI4
  version: 1
  immutable permalink: https://www.isonomia.app/a/R6o3NZI4@35f6a639975d303f9f98c59b607ebbe3f83a949fee5918d3a67c0069802b8288
  iso id: iso:argument:R6o3NZI4
  iso url: https://www.isonomia.app/iso/argument/R6o3NZI4
  retrieved at: 2026-08-30T19:16:53.754Z
  created at: 2026-05-04T21:20:46.100Z
  updated at: 2026-05-04T21:20:46.100Z
  conclusion:
    claim id: cmorpeiuh00718cjz1342x0yh
    text: The claim that US-specific factors could produce US-specific algorithmic polarization effects is speculative and lacks empirical support in the bound corpus.
  premises:
    claim id: cmorpek2600738cjzrgzu5d6m
    text: Boxell et al. (2024) found that affective polarization fell in many developed democracies with similar internet and social media diffusion to the US, including countries using the same platforms with similar algorithmic systems.
    is implicit: false
  premises:
    claim id: cmorpelbg00758cjzh8m13r2h
    text: The framing requires causal evidence with credible identification, not post-hoc speculation about unmeasured interaction effects between algorithms and country-specific factors.
    is implicit: false
  scheme:
    id: cmoqrms5g000c8c7tqc5hznnp
    key: argument_from_lack_of_evidence
    name: Argument from Lack of Evidence (Negative Evidence)
    canonical key: argument_from_lack_of_evidence
    catalogue health:
      is argument pattern: true
      is dialogue meta: false
      is test placeholder: false
      canonical key: argument_from_lack_of_evidence
      cluster tag missing: false
      fingerprint materialised: true
  critical questions:
    scheme key: argument_from_lack_of_evidence
    total: 5
    unanswered:
      cq key: absence_of_proof_vs_proof_of_absence?
      text: Is the absence of positive evidence strong enough to justify concluding ¬A, or only to justify withholding belief in A?
      attack kind: UNDERCUTS
      cq status id: cmorpeoqd007e8cjzxvzutl8u
      scheme key: argument_from_lack_of_evidence
      premise type: ORDINARY
      is scheme required: true
      inherited from parent scheme: false
      cq status enum: OPEN
      challenged: false
      challenge count: 0
      cq requires evidence: false
      cq burden: PROPONENT
      answer self canonical: false
      answer author kind: HUMAN
      status: open
    unanswered:
      cq key: absence_of_search?
      text: Is the absence of evidence due to absence of investigation rather than to A's being false?
      attack kind: UNDERMINES
      cq status id: cmorpeoqd007f8cjzl4md9g03
      scheme key: argument_from_lack_of_evidence
      premise type: ORDINARY
      is scheme required: true
      inherited from parent scheme: false
      cq status enum: OPEN
      challenged: false
      challenge count: 0
      cq requires evidence: false
      cq burden: PROPONENT
      answer self canonical: false
      answer author kind: HUMAN
      status: open
    unanswered:
      cq key: publication_bias?
      text: Could disconfirming or null findings have been suppressed, unpublished, or systematically under-reported (file-drawer / publication bias)?
      attack kind: UNDERMINES
      cq status id: cmorpeoqd007g8cjz16q1km84
      scheme key: argument_from_lack_of_evidence
      premise type: ORDINARY
      is scheme required: true
      inherited from parent scheme: false
      cq status enum: OPEN
      challenged: false
      challenge count: 0
      cq requires evidence: false
      cq burden: PROPONENT
      answer self canonical: false
      answer author kind: HUMAN
      status: open
    unanswered:
      cq key: search_adequate?
      text: Has the investigative regime actually been adequate (well-funded, well-powered, well-designed) to detect E if A were true?
      attack kind: UNDERMINES
      cq status id: cmorpeoqd007h8cjzydzxh0gx
      scheme key: argument_from_lack_of_evidence
      premise type: ORDINARY
      is scheme required: true
      inherited from parent scheme: false
      cq status enum: OPEN
      challenged: false
      challenge count: 0
      cq requires evidence: false
      cq burden: PROPONENT
      answer self canonical: false
      answer author kind: HUMAN
      status: open
    unanswered:
      cq key: weak_signal?
      text: Could A be true but produce only a weak signal that escapes detection at the prevailing statistical thresholds?
      attack kind: REBUTS
      cq status id: cmorpeoqe007i8cjzwbp4jv87
      scheme key: argument_from_lack_of_evidence
      premise type: ORDINARY
      is scheme required: true
      inherited from parent scheme: false
      cq status enum: OPEN
      challenged: false
      challenge count: 0
      cq requires evidence: false
      cq burden: PROPONENT
      answer self canonical: false
      answer author kind: HUMAN
      status: open
  dialectical status:
    incoming attacks: 0
    incoming supports: 0
    incoming attack edges: 0
    critical questions required: 5
    critical questions answered: 0
    critical questions open: 5
    standing score: 0.5
    is tested: false
    testedness: untested
    standing state: untested-default
    standing depth:
      challengers: 0
      independent reviewers: 0
      confidence: thin
    fitness breakdown:
      total: 0
      weights:
        cq answered: 1
        support edges: 0.5
        attack edges: -0.7
        attack c as: -1
        evidence with provenance: 0.25
  deliberation:
    id: cmoqp0jzk00iu8c01gmg7qa68
  author:
    id: 139
    display name: Advocate B (bot)
    kind: HUMAN
round trip soundness:
  scheme key: argument_from_lack_of_evidence
  groups:
    ORDINARY:
      cq count: 5
      aif exposure: exposed
    ASSUMPTION:
      cq count: 0
      aif exposure: absent
    EXCEPTION:
      cq count: 0
      aif exposure: absent
  lossy: false

cmorpeiuh00718cjz1342x0yh
type: InformationNode
text: The claim that US-specific factors could produce US-specific algorithmic polarization effects is speculative and lacks empirical support in the bound corpus.

cmorpek2600738cjzrgzu5d6m
type: InformationNode
text: Boxell et al. (2024) found that affective polarization fell in many developed democracies with similar internet and social media diffusion to the US, including countries using the same platforms with similar algorithmic systems.

cmorpelbg00758cjzh8m13r2h
type: InformationNode
text: The framing requires causal evidence with credible identification, not post-hoc speculation about unmeasured interaction effects between algorithms and country-specific factors.

cmorpemtv00788cjzvrk79kwn
type: RA
type: argument from lack of evidence
uses scheme: argument_from_lack_of_evidence
name: Argument from Lack of Evidence (Negative Evidence)
applies scheme key: argument_from_lack_of_evidence

Premise
from: I:cmorpek2600738cjzrgzu5d6m
to: S:cmorpemtv00788cjzvrk79kwn

Premise
from: I:cmorpelbg00758cjzh8m13r2h
to: S:cmorpemtv00788cjzvrk79kwn

Conclusion
from: S:cmorpemtv00788cjzvrk79kwn
to: I:cmorpeiuh00718cjz1342x0yh

absence of proof vs proof of absence?
type: CriticalQuestion
key: absence_of_proof_vs_proof_of_absence?
status: open

hasCriticalQuestion
from: S:cmorpemtv00788cjzvrk79kwn

absence of search?
type: CriticalQuestion
key: absence_of_search?
status: open

hasCriticalQuestion
from: S:cmorpemtv00788cjzvrk79kwn

publication bias?
type: CriticalQuestion
key: publication_bias?
status: open

hasCriticalQuestion
from: S:cmorpemtv00788cjzvrk79kwn

search adequate?
type: CriticalQuestion
key: search_adequate?
status: open

hasCriticalQuestion
from: S:cmorpemtv00788cjzvrk79kwn

weak signal?
type: CriticalQuestion
key: weak_signal?
status: open

hasCriticalQuestion
from: S:cmorpemtv00788cjzvrk79kwn

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weight: 1
contribution: 0

count: 0
weight: 0.5
contribution: 0

count: 0
weight: -0.7
contribution: 0

count: 0
weight: -1
contribution: 0

count: 0
weight: 0.25
contribution: 0