David (devoutly.agnostic)
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Joe R779 :
Absence of evidence *where presence evidence is expected* IS evidence of absence, not just simply absence of evidence.
2026-03-30 19:45:02
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BaylaBiles :
Absence of evidence is not PROOF of absence. It absolutely can be evidence of it.
2026-03-31 17:02:09
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Daniel_düsenglied67 :
Russel’s Teapot is dumb and I think the problem is most evidence is subjective.
2026-03-30 18:21:15
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🏳️⚧️cutie patootie🏳️⚧️ :
(coming from a firm atheist) i feel like the absence of evidence isnt 100% concrete evidence of absence but it definitely IS at least somewhat evidence of absence (i havent seen the video yet apologies if this is addressed immediately)
2026-03-30 18:39:02
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Eeqan Ahmad :
wait so what was your response to the contingency argument
2026-03-30 18:47:31
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proteus_est :
It's all Bayes' Theorem, all the time. Absence of evidence is evidence of absence IF presence would be expected to produce evidence. For example, the lack of evidence that there's a coconut crab on my head is pretty STRONG evidence that it's not there. The lack of evidence for alien algae growing a thousand light-years away is very very WEAK evidence that it doesn't exist because even if it exist did we wouldn't expect to see any evidence of it.
2026-03-30 20:39:20
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rieper :
in all of the examples you showed, there was no absence of evidence presented. all contained evidence of absence. me checking to see if a cat is in a box and seeing it empty is not absence of evidence for a cat (therefore violating the Sagan principle) but its evidence of absence
2026-03-30 22:25:27
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EnderOfNightmares :
okay but evidence of absence through testing over and over again is still evidence. it isn't absence of evidence.
2026-03-30 19:47:10
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Mzzeo.IDK :
that argument is invalid since it only has 1 promise plus what the inference rule
2026-04-04 11:17:03
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user9497293612497 :
Your stronger phrasing is a good phrase, but yes exactly like you said, premise 2 can be debated and I appreciate you saying that
2026-05-09 08:16:42
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Lardoro 🇪🇺 :
right, every time we expect to find something in a specific place, and we don't find anything, it IS evidence of absence
2026-03-31 10:42:44
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rektator0 :
If a notion directly implies the existence of specific evidence and that evidence doesn't exist, then the lack of evidence disproves the notion.
2026-04-09 22:30:35
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Mark Kaliika :
You say absence of evidence can be evidence of absence after thorough analysis and investigation. But what kind of scientific investigation can be or has been set up to verify the existence of God
2026-05-06 12:09:56
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etlapot :
Would be nice to do a “ argument tier list “ at the end of the series . This one is definitely in my top 3
2026-03-31 10:45:41
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snakyboopface 🇨🇦 :
If you walk into a room and don’t see a chair, that is in fact evidence for the lack of a chair in the room. Absence of evidence of chair is in fact evidence od absence of chair.
2026-04-06 14:31:39
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Banazir :
The Exodus is a case where absence of evidence does constitute evidence of absence.
2026-03-31 10:35:58
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Gabby :
i think my in keeps increasing when i watch ur video have to watch multiple times every time
2026-03-30 21:16:04
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🇲🇦 :
love this guy
2026-04-12 09:33:23
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Eeqan Ahmad :
im neutral on this like the teapot anology is good but also just because we dont have proof for aliens that doesnot means they do not exist 🤔 so I dont know but I think evidence of absence is still not evidence of absence
2026-03-30 18:42:39
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MB :
Speaking as someone who works in medical trials, yes it is evidence but it’s not very GOOD evidence. Hence the reason why trials are so extensive, expensive and still miss things more often than we’d like.
2026-03-31 18:46:13
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Spectre 📻🗣 :
you should do one on the Anthropic Principle
2026-03-31 09:33:59
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Stove :
we should simply hold the default position until there's good reason not to. the default position on "does X exist?" is "no."
2026-04-23 00:05:43
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Andrés C. :
Well, in the context Carl Sagan said it, I don't think he was wrong. He was talking about extraterrestrial life, and we already have evidence that life is possible (us). It is not the same to say "I believe unicorns exist" than "I have a unicorn, I believe more exist", in terms of probability.
2026-05-12 06:19:46
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