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The Absence of Evans

Evidently
one morning
the wise
and
wildly
enigmatic
Professor Sagan
observed
in his lecture hall
the absolute
absence of Evans ….
but knew
in truth
he had
absolutely
no
evidence
of
his absence.

Footnote: “Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” Carl Sagan

The Extraordinary Claim of Evans

Evidently
the next morning
the wise
and
wildly
enigmatic
Professor Sagan
observed
in his lecture hall
the absolute
presence of Evans ….
who claimed
he had
in truth
been present
the day before
but
had chosen
to be
invisible.

Footnote: “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Carl Sagan

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