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Is absence of evidence evidenc o' absence???? Crashfrog, Percy, Ludo

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07-09-2007 10:53 AM 		Reply to: Message 1 by LudoRephaim
07-09-2007 10:29 AM

I doubt there's any real disagreement here, the real issue is probably just one of terminology. The "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" statement is cute but imprecise. A more accurate way of saying this might be, "Absence of evidence does not absolutely rule out the possibility," thereby taking into account the property of tentativity.
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Hopefully that suffices, but if not then provide links to the relevant messages in the other thread and I'll take a look.
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