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Multiple chains of evidence may be used to support a conclusion. One conclusive chain is sufficient, even if others are equivocal. You're focusing on the weak
by dredmorbius 3mo ago
Multiple chains of evidence may be used to support a conclusion. One conclusive chain is sufficient, even if others are equivocal.
You're focusing on the weakest part of the argument, which HN guidelines explicitly request you not do: <https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html>.
(Less so if others are exculpatory. Which is not the case here. A known false positive is not conclusive proof, but neither does it explicitly clear a source.)
See for more explanation: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49044401 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49044401>.