@CalciumDeficiency@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 8 months agoWhat did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?message-square314fedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down15
arrow-up1215arrow-down1message-squareWhat did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?@CalciumDeficiency@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 8 months agomessage-square314fedilink
minus-square@Squorlple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•8 months agoAre you implying that a negative categorically cannot be proven?
minus-square@Isoprenoid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-28 months agoNo. A negative can be proven. It’s done all the time in science and mathematics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(philosophy)#Proving_a_negative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_impossibility
minus-square@Squorlple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoOk, just verifying that that fallacy wasn’t the crux of your argument
Are you implying that a negative categorically cannot be proven?
No. A negative can be proven. It’s done all the time in science and mathematics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(philosophy)#Proving_a_negative
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_impossibility
Ok, just verifying that that fallacy wasn’t the crux of your argument