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Major Nikon

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18. "you can't prove a negative"

Reply to AJT (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 13, 2019, 01:31 AM

Jun 2019

That statement is a negative, so if it were actually true means it's unprovable.

If anyone considers themselves agnostic, more power to them, but basing that on "you can't prove a negative" isn't the firm foundation some seem to think. We also can't prove beyond all possible doubt biblical people didn't live to over 900 years old. The same goes for talking donkeys, Russell's Teapot, and pretty much everything else we are reasonably certain didn't exist or happen. That doesn't mean we are obligated to entertain all unfalsifiable claims and remain on the fence about them. Extraordinary claims without evidence require no counter evidence to summarily dismiss.

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