Mathematical Theory of Evidence Versus Evidence
  This paper is concerned with the apparent greatest weakness of the
Mathematical Theory of Evidence (MTE) of Shafer \cite{Shafer:76}, which has
been strongly criticized by Wasserman \cite{Wasserman:92ijar}.
  Weaknesses of Shafer's proposal \cite{Shafer:90b} of probabilistic
interpretation of MTE belief functions is demonstrated. Thereafter a new
probabilistic interpretation of MTE conforming both to definition of belief
function and to Dempster's rule of combination of independent evidence. It is
shown that shaferian conditioning of belief functions on observations
\cite{Shafer:90b} may be treated as selection combined with modification of
data, that is data is not viewed as it is but it is casted into one's beliefs
in what it should be like.
