Given a choice, absence of evidence is more likely to be evidence of absence than it is evidence of presence.
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The resulting confusion has given wiggle room to those who forgetting the old observation that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence would rather not believe that global warming is happening at all.
Mr Johnson insisted that "there is an absence of boundaries and an absence of respect" behind the rioting in England, and called on society to give "the right to impose authority" back to parents and teachers.
"We value not the absence of opinion but the illusion of the absence of opinion, " said Daniel Okrent, the former public editor of The New York Times, who called it a conundrum for the modern press.
But, in the past, an absence of xenophobia was chiefly due to an absence of racial minorities.
Mr. SAFADI: Their life, the number of Iraqis who are killed by the day, the absence of the most basic requirements of normal life--water, electricity, gas--and the absence of the feeling of security.
The absence of relevant mirror neurons, he suggests, means the absence of theory of mind.
Absence of evidence does not, by itself, prove the absence of a threat.
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Absence of evidence, it should always be remembered, is not evidence of absence.
"The absence of a notice of alibi, the fact that Taylor chose not to support the allegation in evidence, and the absence of any evidence to support it are themselves strong indications of the lie, " he said.
There is currently provision for peers to take "leave of absence", and 19 members have taken this up, but leave of absence can be rescinded at one month's notice.
But the absence of gunfire -- a welcome absence in this line of work -- doesn't mean they have never identified or mitigated a threat, Sullivan says.
In the absence of sensible policies that invest in long-term public goods like education or basic research, roads, railways, broadband, a smart electric grid -- an absence of those investments can be equally disastrous.
But the fraud could not be proved because of an absence of easily-accessible data.
Its 40 percent unemployment is a function of the absence of proper economic and governing infrastructures.
Dinegar, president of the Washington Board of Trade, of the absence of women on boards.
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Unfortunately there are still too many examples of the absence of flourishing rule-based societies.
Dale said he expects revenue to decline again in 2013 because of the absence of elections and Olympics.
But the animal welfare groups themselves were critical of the absence of real initiatives to address the peers' concerns.
Much has been made of the absence of a "hotline" allowing General Musharraf and Prime Minister Vajpayee to communicate directly.
It is estimated that about 88, 000 drivers a year escape prosecution for drug-driving because of the absence of roadside testing.
There's also almost counter gang operations, countering criminals who are taking advantage of the absence of the rule of law.
His book begins strongly, even finely, with lyrical descriptions of the absence of water and the universal longing for it.
However, that was largely because of the absence of a couple of unusual factors that provided a boost last year.
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The Mets have an open spot in their rotation because of the absence of Johan Santana and Hefner will likely fill it.
In both matches Everton's Phil Jagielka produced towering performances in central defence, lessening the impact of the absence of Ferdinand and Terry.
United played with a verve the visitors never came to terms with and made light of the absence of injured Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney and Ryan Giggs.
In this situation, two of the most serious examples of the absence of the rule of law are the hunt for "spies" and the murder of journalists.
Speaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Inside Politics, Mr Trimble was critical of the absence of regional development minister Gregory Campbell from Thursday's Executive meeting to discuss the crisis.
Either the Chinese goods they do buy are more expensive or the not-Chinese goods they buy instead are more expensive because of the absence of the cheap Chinese goods.
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