aif version: AIF-Core-2011
mesh aif profile: 1.0
exported at: 2026-08-30T19:19:03.326Z
attestation:
  identifier: eiI2P79J
  argument id: cmoy07az309lq8cssy6hn4rm9
  permalink: https://www.isonomia.app/a/eiI2P79J
  version: 1
  immutable permalink: https://www.isonomia.app/a/eiI2P79J@9bef475d80e5c3e73c4385cead593aa45f4350226572fcb5dfc60eef47cde156
  iso id: iso:argument:eiI2P79J
  iso url: https://www.isonomia.app/iso/argument/eiI2P79J
  retrieved at: 2026-08-30T19:19:03.161Z
  created at: 2026-05-09T07:09:36.975Z
  updated at: 2026-05-09T07:09:36.975Z
  conclusion:
    claim id: cmoy079ge09ln8cssijzpbyn8
    text: User self-selection rather than algorithmic recommendations drives the consumption of politically segregated content on YouTube, though this finding about content navigation does not directly bound the algorithmic contribution to affective polarization through the out-group hostility channel.
  premises:
    claim id: cmoxvexx407d78cssthairy3p
    text: Hosseinmardi et al. (2021) analyzed browser traces of 300,000 US YouTube users from 2016-2019 and found that consumption of far-right content was concentrated among users who already held those views and arrived via off-platform referrals.
    is implicit: false
  premises:
    claim id: cmoxvez4t07d98cssg2pui4ia
    text: YouTube recommendations rarely moved ordinary users toward extreme content, contradicting the algorithmic rabbit-hole hypothesis.
    is implicit: false
  premises:
    claim id: cmoxvf0bi07db8css3qrob8xg
    text: Barberá (2015) documented strong ideological clustering in Twitter following networks, establishing that the network-segregation baseline is primarily user-driven.
    is implicit: false
  scheme:
    id: cmoqrmpqs00008c7tr04f4hlg
    key: inference_to_best_explanation
    name: Inference to the Best Explanation
    canonical key: inference_to_best_explanation
    catalogue health:
      is argument pattern: true
      is dialogue meta: false
      is test placeholder: false
      canonical key: inference_to_best_explanation
      cluster tag missing: false
      fingerprint materialised: true
  critical questions:
    scheme key: inference_to_best_explanation
    total: 5
    unanswered:
      cq key: alternative_hypothesis?
      text: Is there a plausible alternative hypothesis that has not been considered or that would explain the facts at least as well?
      attack kind: UNDERCUTS
      cq status id: cmoy07d8l09lw8csssxphgaz2
      scheme key: inference_to_best_explanation
      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: conjunction_of_causes?
      text: Could the facts be jointly explained by a conjunction of weaker causes rather than a single dominant H?
      attack kind: REBUTS
      cq status id: cmoy07d8l09lx8css7havz606
      scheme key: inference_to_best_explanation
      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: evidence_artifact?
      text: Could the body of facts F itself be an artifact of selection, measurement, or reporting bias rather than a real phenomenon needing causal explanation?
      attack kind: UNDERMINES
      cq status id: cmoy07d8l09ly8cssjkk4vue4
      scheme key: inference_to_best_explanation
      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: explains_all_facts?
      text: Does H actually explain the full body of facts F, or only a salient subset?
      attack kind: UNDERMINES
      cq status id: cmoy07d8l09lz8csspks4um7t
      scheme key: inference_to_best_explanation
      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: explanatory_criteria?
      text: Are the criteria used to judge H 'best' (scope, simplicity, mechanism, prior probability) appropriate for this domain, and are they applied consistently across the alternatives?
      attack kind: UNDERCUTS
      cq status id: cmoy07d8l09m08cssgaxh3gmb
      scheme key: inference_to_best_explanation
      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:
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  author:
    id: 162
    display name: Advocate B (bot)
    kind: HUMAN
round trip soundness:
  scheme key: inference_to_best_explanation
  groups:
    ORDINARY:
      cq count: 5
      aif exposure: exposed
    ASSUMPTION:
      cq count: 0
      aif exposure: absent
    EXCEPTION:
      cq count: 0
      aif exposure: absent
  lossy: false

cmoxvexx407d78cssthairy3p
type: InformationNode
text: Hosseinmardi et al. (2021) analyzed browser traces of 300,000 US YouTube users from 2016-2019 and found that consumption of far-right content was concentrated among users who already held those views and arrived via off-platform referrals.

cmoxvez4t07d98cssg2pui4ia
type: InformationNode
text: YouTube recommendations rarely moved ordinary users toward extreme content, contradicting the algorithmic rabbit-hole hypothesis.

cmoxvf0bi07db8css3qrob8xg
type: InformationNode
text: Barberá (2015) documented strong ideological clustering in Twitter following networks, establishing that the network-segregation baseline is primarily user-driven.

cmoy079ge09ln8cssijzpbyn8
type: InformationNode
text: User self-selection rather than algorithmic recommendations drives the consumption of politically segregated content on YouTube, though this finding about content navigation does not directly bound the algorithmic contribution to affective polarization through the out-group hostility channel.

cmoy07az309lq8cssy6hn4rm9
type: RA
type: inference to best explanation
uses scheme: inference_to_best_explanation
name: Inference to the Best Explanation
applies scheme key: inference_to_best_explanation

Premise
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to: S:cmoy07az309lq8cssy6hn4rm9

Premise
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to: S:cmoy07az309lq8cssy6hn4rm9

Premise
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to: S:cmoy07az309lq8cssy6hn4rm9

Conclusion
from: S:cmoy07az309lq8cssy6hn4rm9
to: I:cmoy079ge09ln8cssijzpbyn8

alternative hypothesis?
type: CriticalQuestion
key: alternative_hypothesis?
status: open

hasCriticalQuestion
from: S:cmoy07az309lq8cssy6hn4rm9

conjunction of causes?
type: CriticalQuestion
key: conjunction_of_causes?
status: open

hasCriticalQuestion
from: S:cmoy07az309lq8cssy6hn4rm9

evidence artifact?
type: CriticalQuestion
key: evidence_artifact?
status: open

hasCriticalQuestion
from: S:cmoy07az309lq8cssy6hn4rm9

explains all facts?
type: CriticalQuestion
key: explains_all_facts?
status: open

hasCriticalQuestion
from: S:cmoy07az309lq8cssy6hn4rm9

explanatory criteria?
type: CriticalQuestion
key: explanatory_criteria?
status: open

hasCriticalQuestion
from: S:cmoy07az309lq8cssy6hn4rm9

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weight: 1
contribution: 0

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contribution: 0

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contribution: 0

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contribution: 0

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weight: 0.25
contribution: 0