NewGuyOnTheBlock
Cult Survivor/Fundamentalist Pentecostal Apostate
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Sometimes.
Yes, if you’re talking about food scraps and where the remote is.
Is absence of evidence, evidence of absence?
Evidence is not proof though.
There is a third absolut(e) proof Absolut Vodka - Absolut DropProof in the absolute sense is only available in mathematics and pure logic. Proof in the legal sense (say, "beyond reasonable doubt") results from having sufficient evidence.
Yes, but ONLY IN A CLOSED FIELD OF INQUIRY. Which means it does not apply to the vast majority of theistic god-concepts.Is absence of evidence, evidence of absence????
Yes, but ONLY IN A CLOSED FIELD OF INQUIRY. Which means it does not apply to the vast majority of theistic god-concepts.
Yes, but ONLY IN A CLOSED FIELD OF INQUIRY. Which means it does not apply to the vast majority of theistic god-concepts.
Ah ... a presumably closed one, then.It doesn't have to be a *closed* area of study. It can be an area where we understand enough to know where to look and the properties we are looking for.
So, for example, if there was an elephant in my room, it would give evidence of its existence that was very clear (visual, olfactory, auditory, etc). So, for elephants in my room, the absence of evidence is very good evidence of absence.
This is really important.Can be.
Evidence is not proof though.
Yes, but ONLY IN A CLOSED FIELD OF INQUIRY. Which means it does not apply to the vast majority of theistic god-concepts.
Thats a brain twister right there.
Break that down more?
Or plenty of evidence for a good imagination.Or like evidence from scriptures. Absolute for some, absolute BS for others.