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Originally Posted by Ara Pacis
Circumstantial evidence is still evidence.
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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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