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To: epicure who wrote (90947)12/11/2004 12:25:25 AM
From: Brumar89  Respond to of 108807
 
Any actual evidence would do. Of course, there is none.

Note that I'm not arguing they did cooperate, I'm merely arguing that it is not proven they did not cooperate.

That kind of "evidence" is the absence of evidence that they did cooperate. Nope, what you just wrote is the logical fallacy of the argument from ignorance, that is that because we can't prove something (that they cooperated), the opposite (that they didn't cooperate) must be true. In general, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence to put it very simply.

This is so amazingly dull I can't stand it. Please- post to yourself on this, ok? No, sorry, not after you've replied with a question and an illogical argument. If you want to drop it, simply do so yourself. But don't continue to argue (weakly) and ask the other party to give up.



To: epicure who wrote (90947)12/11/2004 12:38:27 AM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 108807
 
< In general, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence to put it very simply.>

What is the evidence that Bush is not the spawn of Satan? What is the evidence that the Pink Space Bunny (PSB) isn't in control of the planet? Absence of proof is not the same as proving Bush is not spawn of Satan or that we are not under the dominion of the PSB. Incredible.