The Appeal to Ignorance is a logical fallacy that  

訴諸無知是一種邏輯謬誤，

occurs when a conclusion is drawn  based on the absence of evidence,  

當基於缺乏證據

rather than the presence of evidence. This  fallacy suggests that a claim is true because  

而不是證據存在而得出結論時，就會發生這種邏輯謬誤。這種謬誤表明，某個主張是正確的，因為

it has not been proven false or that a claim  is false because it has not been proven true.

它尚未被證明是錯誤的，或者某個主張是錯誤的，因為它尚未被證明是正確的。

It's problematic because the lack of  evidence is not a valid indicator of  

這是有問題的，因為缺乏證據並不能有效地表明

truth. In many cases, evidence may be undiscovered  or unobtainable, making such arguments baseless.

真相。在許多情況下，證據可能未被發現或無法獲得，使得此類論點毫無根據。

Everyday Example:

日常例子：

Imagine someone arguing that a certain  celebrity must be a good person because no  

想像一下，有人爭論某個名人一定是個好人，因為沒有

scandals or negative stories have been reported  about them. This is an appeal to ignorance,  

關於他們的醜聞或負面故事報導。這是對無知的訴求，

as it assumes the individual's virtue based  on the absence of negative evidence. It fails  

因為它在沒有負面證據的情況下假定了個人的美德。它沒有

to consider that lack of public scandal  does not inherently equate to proof of  

考慮到缺乏公開醜聞並不本質上等於

good character. Such an argument  overlooks other possibilities,  

良好品格的證明。這種論點忽略了其他可能性，

like effective public relations management  or simply a lack of public scrutiny.

例如有效的公共關係管理或只是缺乏公眾監督。