I don’t like use of “proof” to talk about evidence, especially when it’s often weak evidence. Why not go with “absence of counterevidence is counterevidence of absence”? Ok, confusing multiple negatives. “Absence of negative evidence makes positive evidence more plausable”? Not great either.
Maybe just forego the whole thing: “absence doesn’t prove anything”.
I don’t like use of “proof” to talk about evidence, especially when it’s often weak evidence. Why not go with “absence of counterevidence is counterevidence of absence”? Ok, confusing multiple negatives. “Absence of negative evidence makes positive evidence more plausable”? Not great either.
Maybe just forego the whole thing: “absence doesn’t prove anything”.