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An argument from silence can be convincing when mentioning a fact can be seen as so natural that its omission is a good reason to assume ignorance.

For example, while the editors of Yerushalmi and Bavli mention the other community, most scholars believe these documents were written independently.

Louis Jacobs writes, " If the editors of either had had access to an actual text of the other, it is inconceivable that they would not have mentioned this.

Here the argument from silence is very convincing.