Talk:Negative evidence

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Possible topics for discussion (--Sethpeck (talk) 21:09, 9 November 2011 (UTC)):

  • Evidence of absense vs. absense of evidence (WMDs, Donald Rumsfeld, Gin Rummy)
  • Phlogiston, Aether
  • Dark Matter
  • Obvious atheistic viewpoints
I'm shocked AD wrote this, but I need to ask "can you rewrite it so it makes sense to those of us not used to dealing with logical terms?" I read it twice, and walked away not having a clue what "negative evidence" is. Is it just a lack of evidence, and if so, why does it have its own name. Thanks in advance. Pink mowse.pngGodotI smell roasted chestnuts. droollllllll. 21:27, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, it's stubby and I meant to come back to it. It's not very good, I admit. I vow to fix it.--ADtalkModerator 22:20, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
It's not the stubbyness. jsut the fact that I walked away not having a clue what i wrote. which is really unusual for me, when reading your work. Pink mowse.pngGodotI smell roasted chestnuts. droollllllll. 22:22, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
I just slapped something out. I'll fix it! I swear!--ADtalkModerator 22:44, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
This is certainly more interesting now...Perhaps we can snark it up a bit with examples of where negative evidence is used presently to get a point across in a logically inappropriate way...--Sethpeck (talk) 16:58, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
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