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Old 17-March-2008, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Ara Pacis View Post
Circumstantial evidence is still evidence.
True, though not reliable evidence. The problem in this case is defining what counts as even circumstantial evidence, and what counts as misleading false evidence. Without any non-circumstantial evidence to provide an outside context for our judgements of mythology, there's no way to tell what's based on reality (and to what degree) and what's just made up.
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