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The Argument from Ignorance is a logical fallacy where a conclusion is drawn from a lack of evidence.
For example: "You said you built X, but you haven't shown that you built X, therefor you didn't build X."
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15YXRhqbHawbH49aYzfiww2UQ4Cz82GL4t (622) ·
In this example, there are many conclusions that are equally plausible in satisfying the given premises, but one particular conclusion is taken as truth without any real reason to prefer it over others.
15YXRhqbHawbH49aYzfiww2UQ4Cz82GL4t (622) ·
Alternatively, one may have a significant amount of evidence at their disposal which may point to any of many possibilities, some of which may be more probable than others, but none of the possibilities are necessarily excluded.
15YXRhqbHawbH49aYzfiww2UQ4Cz82GL4t (622) ·
This alternative is akin to playing Sudoku and inputting a number into a cell merely because it does not break the rules given the known numbers so far.
15YXRhqbHawbH49aYzfiww2UQ4Cz82GL4t (622) ·
Regardless of whether or not it seems most probable to be the number you input, it is not proven to be that number until you eliminate all other possibilities.
15YXRhqbHawbH49aYzfiww2UQ4Cz82GL4t (622) ·
You cannot exclude a possibility merely because you feel like another possibility is more likely.