Have a care. Remember absence of evidence is only weak evidence of absence, and that, as you have mentioned, there are many possible explanations.
Probability measure is spread pretty thin in these parts.
absence of evidence is only weak evidence of absence
Not always. If someone has no symptoms, the probability that they have, say, pneumonia drops considerably.
Awesome. This needs to be one of the first lines a protagonist hears after entering a cantina in a science fiction Space Opera...maybe rationalist fanfiction like HPATMOR.
Have a care. Remember absence of evidence is only weak evidence of absence, and that, as you have mentioned, there are many possible explanations.
Probability measure is spread pretty thin in these parts.
Not always. If someone has no symptoms, the probability that they have, say, pneumonia drops considerably.
Awesome. This needs to be one of the first lines a protagonist hears after entering a cantina in a science fiction Space Opera...maybe rationalist fanfiction like HPATMOR.