ignorance as evidence
"Ignorance as evidence" refers to a situation where the absence of knowledge about a particular subject or issue is used as supporting evidence or justification for a certain belief, claim, or argument.
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- absence of evidence as evidence
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- argument from ignorance
- cherry-picking evidence
- claim and evidence
- distorted evidence
- distortion of evidence
- empirical evidence
- evaluating evidence
- ignorance
- ignorance and its consequences
- insufficient evidence
- over reliance on anecdotal evidence
- the concept of evidence
- using evidence