So how much absence of evidence is required for the random people who saw nothing with their own eyes and know no one who saw anything? A few years ago one would look at this story and say "man it's kind of hard to believe that that many famous people were involved in a massive pedophilia ring over the course of years and with many very trackable forms of transportation, and no one blew the whistle knowing they could make a lot of money doing so and stop something evil from happening." But that was years ago, when there hadn't been investigations by both political parties and literally millions of people speculating, hypothesizing, and scrutinizing releases of information. Or the hundreds of women in the era of me too keeping silent when prominent figures on both sides of the political spectrum can be implicated. Not to mention staff and visitors. Now that this is one of the most investigated cases in modern history, it's not hard to believe anymore. It's becoming impossible to believe. Turns out Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile who also fancied himself a power broker and connection maker. Another completely unsurprising element to this whole story is that he went to Great lengths to keep his pedophilia hidden from the many, many, many people who would have everything to gain by turning him in and very little to lose. At this point, some of you guys just want it to be true. Personally I'm relieved that for once, the horrible conspiracy is just a theory.