Wykstra's CORNEA principle, which Plantinga's claim implicitly echoes, requires that we assess whether we are in a good epistemic position to detect God's reasons before inferring their absence.

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CORNEA principle(Wykstra's main argument): A rule of logic that says we shouldn't claim something is definitely true unless we have good access to all the information needed to judge it—the acronym stands for 'Cognitive Relative Epistemic Noseeum'.
Plantinga: Alvin Plantinga is an American philosopher best known for his work on the philosophy of religion, particularly his arguments defending religious belief as rational and reasonable. He developed influential ideas about how people can rationally believe in God without needing scientific proof, arguing that faith and reason aren't necessarily in conflict. His work has shaped modern religious philosophy and made him one of the most important Christian philosophers of the past 50 years.
Wykstra(as a philosopher name and key figure in this debate): Stephen Wykstra is a philosopher who developed arguments about why God's reasons for allowing suffering might be beyond human understanding, similar to how a parent might do things a young child can't fully comprehend.
epistemic position(as used in epistemology)

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