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'''Quote mining''' is the fallacy of undermining a proposition by taking words out of context from a supporter of that proposition.  

'''Quote mining''' is the fallacy of undermining a proposition by taking words out of context from a supporter of that proposition.  

Quote mining is a form of [[quote out of context|quoting out of context]].

Quote mining is a form of [[quote out of context|quoting out of context]], and it is similar to the fallacy of [[appeal to authority]].

Another objection sometimes made is that it is wrong to ignore evidence which supports a partisan viewpoint when evidence which disproves it is found. This is clearly an anti-scientific notion, as it violates the modern principle of [[falsifiability]]: no amount of evidence in favor of a scientific theory has merit if even a single counterexample can be found (see [[Thomas Kuhn]]).

Another objection sometimes made is that it is wrong to ignore evidence which supports a partisan viewpoint when evidence which disproves it is found. This is clearly an anti-scientific notion, as it violates the modern principle of [[falsifiability]]: no amount of evidence in favor of a scientific theory has merit if even a single counterexample can be found (see [[Thomas Kuhn]]).