A Reverb on Last Week

Last week I discussed the problem of attempting to prove the existence of a historical trend where scant (or even none) evidence remains or was never produced in the first place.

Imagine my surprise when I came across an article by Srichsman on the HNN site regarding the new IAEA report on Iran's nuclear activity. (See here: http://hnn.us/blogs/regarding-iaea-report-iran%E2%80%99s-alleged-nuclear-weapons-program) What really struck me in his post was that he accused the accusers of Iran of attempting to force Iran to prove the existence of a negative argument. (Namely, to prove that they don't have have any intentions of building a bomb.)