Well, to be fair, absence of evidence is evidence of absence. It's certainly not proof, but it is evidence. Every observation you make that _does not_ show a ph

Well, to be fair, absence of evidence is evidence of absence. It's certainly not proof, but it is evidence. Every observation you make that _does not_ show a phenomena occurring allows you to be more certain that the phenomena does not occur. http://lesswrong.com/lw/ih/absence_of_evidence_is_evidence_of_absence/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/ih/absence_of_evidence_is_evidence_o... http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AbsenceOfEvidenceIsNotEvidenceOfAbsence http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AbsenceOfEvidenceIsNotEvidenceOfAbsen...