Absence of Evidence is not evidence of absence.

[David Smith]

If there is no evidence why should we accept your viewpoint? Your argument
goes like this: I say we should shut down the trucking industry on
Interstate 80 because they are making northern Ohio tilt and the people
against this idea have no evidence to prove me wrong, therefore we should
shut down this industry since they have no evidence that my claim is not so.
That I have no evidence to back up my claim doesn't matter as my opinion is
more correct somehow than theirs. Is this correct or do you have evidence to
back up your claims?

                        David Smith

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Jones" <neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk>
To: <tils-leps-talk at yahoogroups.com>; <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 2:17 PM
Subject: Absence of Evidence is not evidence of absence.


> A lot of people, sadly, don't seem to have understood the fundamental
point I
> was making.  I'll make it as simple as I can. Once again, logic is blind
to
> people's feelings so don't get angry.
>
> First of all discard all value judgements. In this argument I make none.
>
> "Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence" is a statement of
> fundamental logic. It is true in any language, in any culture ,anywhere on
> earth or elsewhere in the universe. PERIOD.
>


 
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