I wasn't trying to say this at all. What I was saying is simply that X and !X cannot both be evidence of a hypothesis. If X increases your confidence that Y is true, then !X must reduce your confidence.
If you want to make a more complicated argument as to why these things aren't actually X and !X, do it. But RodericDay wasn't doing that.
If you want to make a more complicated argument as to why these things aren't actually X and !X, do it. But RodericDay wasn't doing that.