(August 22, 2017 at 3:05 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote:(August 22, 2017 at 3:01 pm)SteveII Wrote: No, it doesn't. Any eyewitness account is evidence. You are confusing the word evidence with the word proof. Evidence refers to pieces of information or facts that help us establish the truth of something. Proof is a conclusion about the truth of something after analyzing the evidence. Evidence is suggestive of a conclusion. Proof is concrete and conclusive. Proof can also have different thresholds: Anywhere from more likely than not (preponderance of the evidence), to beyond a reasonable doubt, to absolute. These are all arrived at by considering evidence.
Too bad for you that testimony is the weakest of evidences and hearsay is the weakest form of testimony.
Most of the time you don't get physical evidence--especially for events. So, the best evidence possible is often going to be testimonial evidence.