"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" (1973)

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ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE + EVIDENCE OF ABSENCE--9,920 Google hits, 26,000 Google Groups hits
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“the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.”
... Al Qaeda or has resumed production of chemical or biological agents, Rumsfeld insists
that “the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” But there ...
soc.culture.vietnamese - Mar 27, 2003 by :)) - View Thread (1 article)
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Re: A Sane Man Proposes A Time Travel Experiment
Absence of evidence != evidence of absence. Actually, absence of evidence
*is* evidence of absence. It isn't, and can never be, proof ...
net.physics - Aug 10, 1986 by Patrick M Juola - View Thread (49 articles)

Re: More Atheistic Wishful Thinking
... As for "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" (Haldane).
The only proper conclusion is that you can draw no conclusion. ...
net.philosophy - Sep 28, 1985 by Rich Rosen - View Thread (47 articles)

Re: More Theistic Wishful Thinking
... Absence of evidence may not be evidence of absence, but if you carry
that to its logical conclusion, you must believe in everything. ...
net.philosophy - Sep 22, 1985 by Rich Rosen - View Thread (1 article)

Re: instability in Berkeley versus AT&T releases
... the point that proves the argument. Bull. Absence of evidence is
not evidence of absence. If you mean that the "uptime" listing ...
net.micro.att - Jul 26, 1985 by Guy Harris - View Thread (50 articles)

Re: science and belief
This ``absence of evidence is not evidence of absence'' bit: I think that it is only
one way of stating that it is not possible (in the general case) to prove ...
net.sci - Jul 29, 1984 by Laura Creighton - View Thread (4 articles)
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  Frederick Post  Saturday, January 13, 2001 Frederick, Maryland   Â
...old archaeological maxim, "ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE is not EVIDENCE OF ABSENCE.....Egyptian pharaohs. One major piece OF EVIDENCE has a disputed date, but..
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  Advocate  Monday, June 21, 1976 Newark, Ohio   Â
...as one scientist put it, ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE should not be taken as EVIDENCE.....OF ABSENCE. And so it will go, one at a..
Pg. 10, col. 4: Â These tests could indicate whether there are living things in the Martian soil although, as one scientist put it, "the absence of evidence should not be taken as evidence of absence."
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...first place. In science, ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE is not EVIDENCE OF ABSENCE in.....all OF the biologic and genetic EVIDENCE strongly indicates that humans..
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...first place. In science, ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE is not EVIDENCE OF ABSENCE in.....all OF the biologic and genetic EVIDENCE strongly indicates that humans..

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(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)("absence of evidence" + "evidence of absence")
 Â  1. Tests to Seek Life on Mars Begin; Tests to Seek Life on Mars Start With 'Sniffing' of Atmosphere
By WALTER SULLIVAN Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jul 25, 1976. p. 1 (2 pages)
Pg. 28, col. 5:
 Â  Some project scientists emphasize that the experiments are not capable of indentifying all possible forms of biological activity of the British astrophysicist, Martin Rees, that "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."
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 Â  2. The Great Harvard-Stanford M.B.A. War
By Theodore Levitt. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jan 9, 1978. p. A31 (1 page)
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 Â  3. EXPERTS FIND POLLS INFLUENCE ACTIVISTS; They Say Most Powerful Effect Is on Potential Contributors and Other Shapers of Opinion Impact on the Electorate Shift in Final Week Polls as Campaign Issue Filling Ford's House Seat
By E.J. DIONNE. New York Times (1857-Current. May 4, 1980. p. 26 (1 page)
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 Â  4. OUT POSTS; THE UNIVERSE Seeing Life in the Cosmic Haystack The Voice of Hydrogen Searching and Sweeping Leaking the Message Moments in Time
Lawrence Fagg. The Washington Post (1974-Current file). Washington, D.C.: Aug 21, 1988. p. C3 (1 page)
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 Â  5. Giving the U.F.O. Group A Shot at Persuasion
By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jun 5, 1995. p. C14 (1 page)
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 Â  6. Simpson Prosecutor Tries to Counter an Expert's Testimony
By DAVID MARGOLICK. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 29, 1995. p. A13 (1 page)
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 Â  7. Excerpts From Final Rebuttal Arguments by Prosecutors in Simpson Case
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Sep 30, 1995. p. 8 (1 page)
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 Â  8. The Triumph of Liberalism; The triumph of what? If the Democrats sound like Republicans, it's not because the Democrats abandoned the liberal agenda. It's because the Republicans absorbed it.
By Roger Rosenblatt. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jan 14, 1996. p. SM33 (3 pages) Â
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 Â  9. Books in Brief; NONFICTION FICTION & POETRY
PAUL A. WEISSMANCAROL PEACE ROBINSERIC P. NASHMINDY ALOFFPHILIP GAMBONEDAVID KIRBYJONATHON KEATSALLEN LINCOLN. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jan 30, 2000. p. BR16 (2 pages) Â
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The Maunder Minimum
John A. Eddy
Science, New Series, Vol. 192, No. 4245. (Jun. 18, 1976), pp. 1189-1202.
Pg. 1191: Â But in the words of a modern astronomer, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence (26).
Pg. 1201: Â 26. Attributed to M. J. Rees, in _Project Cyclops_, J. Billingham, Ed. (NASA publication CR 114445, Stanford/NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., 1973), pg. 3,