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estomagordoyesterday at 9:57 AM1 replyview on HN

Maybe you would want to insert the term "circumstantial" or so.


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gpmyesterday at 12:30 PM

Definitionally both circumstantial and direct evidence are forms of evidence. No modifier is necessary.

And incidentally you can be convicted in a court of law purely on circumstantial evidence, and that's the place in society where we have the highest standard of proof. The evidence all being circumstantial is not a gotcha.