-Caveat Lector-
A wild coincidence that this article mentions "nessie?"
> Appeals to ignorance and the burden of proof
>
> <http://members.aol.com/jimn469897/ignorance.htm>
>
> The basis of a an appeal to ignorance (also called argumentum ad ignoratium
> or argument from ignorance, see Walton) is that whatever has not been
> disproved must be correct.
>
> The problem with this type of argument can be seen in these two examples:
>
> "No one has ever proved that the Loch Ness Monster exists, so it must not
> exist."
> "No one has ever proved that the Loch Ness Monster does not exist, so it
> must exist."
>
> These arguments are contradictory, only one can be true and it is not
> possible to tell which one it is.
>
> Such an argument proves nothing, its main effect is to shift the burden of
> proof.
>
> (Stated properly, an appeal to ignorance is not a fallacy. This statement
> is perfectly good but of course does not prove that nessie does not
> exist: "Numerous searches of the loch have been made and no monster has
> ever been found. And the "evidence" for the monster has been shown to be
> fake or caused by natural phenomena. We can reasonably assume that there
> is no Loch Ness Monster.")
>
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