Comments on: Please read more carefully. http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/05/please-read-more-carefully.html The Emergent Chaos Jazz Combo Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:02:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dan Weber http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/05/please-read-more-carefully.html/comment-page-1#comment-4670 Dan Weber Sat, 24 May 2008 23:45:04 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=2772#comment-4670 <blockquote>Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.</blockquote> Sorry, but no. Absence of evidence is <b>absolutely</b> evidence of absence. Now, it's true that absence of <b>proof</b> is not proof of absence. But merely as evidence? Oh, yeah, it's definitely that.

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Sorry, but no. Absence of evidence is absolutely evidence of absence.
Now, it’s true that absence of proof is not proof of absence. But merely as evidence? Oh, yeah, it’s definitely that.

]]> By: David Brodbeck http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/05/please-read-more-carefully.html/comment-page-1#comment-4669 David Brodbeck Fri, 23 May 2008 23:42:47 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=2772#comment-4669 Even if it turns out the laws don't reduce identity theft, it may be that they allow it to be caught sooner by making people aware they're at higher risk. If that's the case they still serve a useful function. Even if it turns out the laws don’t reduce identity theft, it may be that they allow it to be caught sooner by making people aware they’re at higher risk. If that’s the case they still serve a useful function.

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