Tooth Fairy Bullshit

[Neo-Scholastic]

I see hoofprints in the ground. What quality of evidence do I need to support each of these proposed causes:

1 a horse
2 a zebra
3 a unicorn

In Wyoming the hoof print is most likely a horse and in Africa a zebra. One could suppose it to be a unicorn, but either of the first two would be more likely. I don't see the relevance. The question is how do we explain what is clearly evident. The hoof print is evidence, plain and simple. Whether or not the evidence justifies a specific claim is another issue entirely. Even if you say, this hoof print is from a unicorn, you are still presenting me with evidence, i.e. a hoof print. The evidence just might not mean what you think it does.