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Old 08-January-2009, 03:29 AM
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Originally Posted by mugaliens View Post
Proof. Evidence. The former is something best left to the mathematicians. Evidence, on the other hand, can range from very, very iron-clad, to tenuous and misleading, at best, and still be considered "evidence."
Correct on both counts. From what I learned in that other thread, and from the Arp thread, for that matter, evidence can be presented as support for a theory even though its so-called support is weak or flawed.
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