# Evidence has a half life The more time that has passed after evidence that something is possible and it coming out into the world the higher the chance that there’s actually a missing flaw piece ### References - [[Conversation with Sam Arbesman]] - [[Half life of facts]] <!-- #evergreen --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Evidence+has+a+half+life) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Evidence+has+a+half+life) <!-- {BearID:6A149FF8-4B05-44DD-B6E6-2A4A5302BF58-19569-0003CC86B6722C8F} -->