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Can a lack of evidence be considered proof?

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Can a lack of evidence be considered proof?
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RE: Can a lack of evidence be considered proof?
May 27, 2016 at 10:20 pm
I mean, in this sense: if one can logically establish the truth of the proposition "IF X is true, there should be a whole bunch of Y," than an absence of Y is evidence of the falsity of X.
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Can a lack of evidence be considered proof?

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RE: Can a lack of evidence be considered proof? - by TheRealJoeFish - May 27, 2016 at 10:20 pm
RE: Can a lack of evidence be considered proof? - by Silver - February 1, 2017 at 1:58 am
RE: Can a lack of evidence be considered proof? - by Asmodee - February 1, 2017 at 11:39 am

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