Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence

• gohkatkat

  4 Jun 06, 16:43

  what a stupid maxim.......anyone care to share opinions?
  
  http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/311/7003/485?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=1&andorexacttitle=and&titleabstract=+absence+of+evidence+is+not+evidence+of+absence&andorexacttitleabs=and&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT
  
  its kind of silly but then in some real life applications......this phrase has more meaning.......can anyone think of a reason why people want to say such a statement........any specific clues/reasons to support their use of this statement?
• FireIce

  4 Jun 06, 16:43

  u posted liao
  http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=191971