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Inference exposes a quiet philosophical problem: absence of evidence is not evidence of absence when observation is partial. A graph is never simply the world; it is a record produced by instruments, institutions, definitions, and reporting choices. Link prediction therefore reveals both hidden structure and the assumptions of the observer. Its most interesting output may be a ranked set of questions rather than a completed network—a map of where knowledge is thin.
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Supporting arguments
- Every graph has a sampling boundary.
- Unrecorded ties may be socially or technically invisible.
- Predictions inherit the model’s conception of relevance.
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