Re: New subjectline: Valid and invalid arguments; former: Cocaine in ancient Egypt?

From: I.E_Johansson (inger_e.xjohansson_at_telia.xcom)
Date: 01/20/05 

Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 23:39:47 GMT

Alan,
what you wrote in your former post isn't exactly what you expressed in the
latest one. With the later I can agree with the former as the sentences were
I can't.
OK Thanks for clearing it out that an absence of evidence can't be treated
as an evidence of absence. That's important. That it can be used as an
indicator one or both ways is a totally different thing.

Inger E

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