[Ads-l] "The root of all languages"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Absence of evidence is not *proof* of absence.

But if you've been looking unsuccessfully  for evidence, absence of
evidence can be very good evidence of absence.

JL.



On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 3:08 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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> GSN: There's no evidence of bandanas or jai alai cestas in Cro Magnon
> excavations. So there's that...
> LH: Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
> WB: Yes, we have no bandanas.
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