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'''Evidence of absence''' is [[evidence]] that allows you to conclude some phenomenon isn't there. It is often said that "absence of evidence is '''not''' evidence of absence". However, if evidence is expected, but not present, that '''is''' evidence of absence.

==Blog posts==

*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/ih/absence_of_evidence_is_evidence_of_absence/ Absence of Evidence Is Evidence of Absence]
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/ii/conservation_of_expected_evidence/ Conservation of Expected Evidence]

==External links==

*[http://oyhus.no/AbsenceOfEvidence.html Absence of evidence is evidence of absence] by Kim Øyhus
*[http://logbase2.blogspot.com/2009/01/absence-of-evidence.html Absence of evidence...] at Logbase2

==See also==

*[[Bayes' theorem]]
*[[Evidence]]
*[[Fallacy of gray]]
*[[Motivated cognition]]

[[Category:Concepts]]