jimrandomh comments on Absence of Evidence Is Evidence of Absence - Less Wrong

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Comment author: jimrandomh 24 February 2011 01:43:10PM 0 points [-]

Proof means "extremely strong evidence". Absence of proof and absence of evidence are both evidence of absence. Their strength is determined by the probability with which we'd expect to see them, conditional on the thing existing and not existing.