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Nitpick: Unless you're confusing "evidence" and "proof", absence of evidence is evidence of absence. Proof: http://oyhus.no/absence/index.html http://oyhus.no/a
by Jach 8y ago
Nitpick: Unless you're confusing "evidence" and "proof", absence of evidence is evidence of absence. Proof: http://oyhus.no/absence/index.html http://oyhus.no/absence/index.html
- throwawaymath 8y agoThat site is pretty pretentious...all you have to do is replace it with, "absence of proof is not proof of absence."
- mindcrime 8y agoFair enough. But in the colloquial sense, the meanings are close enough that nobody has any trouble understanding the point.