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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
Eliezer Yudkowsky • Rationality
But in probability theory, absence of evidence is always evidence of absence.
Eliezer Yudkowsky • Rationality
“Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.”
Sasha Sagan • For Small Creatures Such as We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World
They most commonly get mixed up between absence of evidence and evidence of absence,
Nassim Nicholas Taleb • Incerto 4-Book Bundle
Absence of evidence was not evidence of absence. The fact that I hadn’t found anything didn’t mean there was nothing to find, only that I would never be sure.