To: Doctor Stochastic
Thank you for your post! Now I'm in a quandary. The phrase - "absence of evidence IS evidence of absence" - was coined from Hubert P. Yockey who is an expert. But I believe that you are an expert also. Hmmmm...
To: Alamo-Girl
"Evidence" isn't really a good term to used in mathematics. It more properly belongs to forensics. Mostly I have seen the denial: "Absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence" used in discussions of UFOs.
On the other hand (paraphrased from "Punch"): In an emergency, absence of body is preferable to presence of mind.
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06/15/2003 10:06:22 PM PDT by
Doctor Stochastic
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