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Evidence, Absence of Evidence, and Evidence of an Absence of Sense
Donald Rumsfeld's ludicrous statement that absence of evidence, in the search for weapons in Iraq, "does not mean evidence of absence." Of course what he meant, was that we should take the fact that no evidence exists to confirm our suspicions about Iraqi weapons, as evidence that confirms our suspicions about Iraqi weapons.
Donald Rumsfeld's ludicrous statement that absence of evidence, in the search for weapons in Iraq, "does not mean evidence of absence." Of course what he meant, was that we should take the fact that no evidence exists to confirm our suspicions about Iraqi weapons, as evidence that confirms our suspicions about Iraqi weapons.
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