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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

What did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?

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What did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?

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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

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1 year ago
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
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  6 months ago
  Ok, just verifying that that fallacy wasn’t the crux of your argument
  
  Edit: I have since disavowed this instance

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