direct evidence

Evidence you can feel

Rocks are an example of direct evidence

by Stutsan:)) October 23, 2017

no evidance i win

Used in serious debate to refute all arguments.

kinda op.

You - "You are sus"
Me - "No evidance i win"
You - *Btfo'd*

by racism is fucking cringe August 4, 2022

manecdotal evidence

Invented evidence made up on the spot and presented as hard fact in support of mansplaining.

President Trump offered mostly manecdotal evidence, but the media had learned their lesson well, by now, and dutifully recorded it all as fact.

by linguisticautistic.com June 13, 2017

Evident,eviDent, evidenT

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by SuelTameOresuTeMato April 25, 2025

Evidence

There is a difference between not actively having evidence with you and there not being any evidence. And a difference, again, between those 2 thing and hiding evidence deliberately explicitly so you can ask where the evidence is to make a banal point about religious uncertainty.

Hym "Additionally, if I say "I have evidence in a safe under my bed' and you refuse to check the safe and prevent me from opening the safe... That is ALSO not the absence of evidence. But your Jew ancestors did lie. They did not talk to the creator of the universe at any point in time. If God exists and it has fore-knowledge... Talking to the people you created would be akin to talking to movie you've already watched."

by Hym Iam March 30, 2025

Proof by lack of evidence

The proof by lack of evidence fallacy is claiming something is true simply because nobody has yet given any evidence to the contrary.

Torturer: You are a heretic! You can't prove that you aren't one, so you are a heratic. Confess, or we will stretch your body out until you are a foot taller.

Accused: Ha, you did it - you committed the proof by lack of evidence fallacy!

Torturer: That's enough out of you. Brutus, give the wheel another turn.

by DonutLoverr May 28, 2024

Anecdotal Evidence

Empirical evidence that somebody just doesn't want to look at.

Manray: "Is your name Patrick Star?"
Patrick: "Yes"
Manray: "...and is this your ID?"
Patrick: "Yes"
Manray: "Good, because I found this ID in this wallet, so if that's the case, this must be your wallet!"
Patrick: "But that's anecdotal evidence!"

by Some guy who's smarter than Va January 21, 2024