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Appeal to Ignorance

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Treating absence of proof as proof of absence — or of presence.

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"No one has proven the lake monster doesn't exist, so it does." Runs equally well in reverse, which is the tell.

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Near-miss: a *qualified* search that should have found something and didn't is real evidence. "We tested the water supply and found no contaminant" earns its conclusion.