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No one said there was no such thing as evidence of absence. The statement is merely that the lack of evidence does not equate with evidence of absence. --- John Jackson <strangetruther@yahoo.com> wrote: > > and absence of evidence is not > > evidence of absence. > > K.Burton > > My favourite is: "Thought is the servant of action": > > You're looking up and down the road, about to cross. > Now do you believe there is no such thing as evidence > of absence? No, or you'd never cross a road. > > How much lack of evidence is equivalent to absence is > what half of statistics is about, and that popular > little truism is a wicked little falsism every time > it's used, as it so often is, by politicians and civil > servants, but should never be by scientists! > > > As for Popper, far be it from me to warn against him, > indeed I celebrate him here... > > http://www.geocities.com/strangetruther/pottedpopper.html > , > > ...but perhaps crystalised Popper is enough: > > Evidence is NOT observation(s) "somewhat" compatible > with one theory, but observation(s) better predicted > or explained by one theory than another. > > I don't know of any palaeontologist except Pete Wagner > and myself who appears to recognise this as the > definition of science. I'm sorry but not following > this principle is like being a creationist; in fact, > in a number of ways, worse. > > > Cordially, > > JJ > > http://www.geocities.com/strangetruther/picphilos1.html > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection > around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > "The United States is in no sense founded upon the Christian religion." - George Washington __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Personals - Better first dates. More second dates. http://personals.yahoo.com
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