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@[email protected] to [email protected] • 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?

@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 year ago
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    I’m not against religion, but that’s not how evidence and proof works. Do you have any proof that tiny invisible pink elephants aren’t hiding in your fridge?

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      that’s not how evidence and proof works.

      Proof of a negative is common in science and mathematics.

      No, you can’t prove that something never happens or that something doesn’t exist.

      Edit: For those who are downvoting here are some sources

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(philosophy)#Proving_a_negative

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_impossibility

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        No, you can’t prove that something never happens or that something doesn’t exist. You can sometimes prove something that contradicts the existence of something, but that’s not proving that the thing itself doesn’t exist, because it’s epistemologically not possible

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          No, you can’t prove that something never happens or that something doesn’t exist.

          Science, philosophy, and mathematics say otherwise.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(philosophy)#Proving_a_negative

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_impossibility

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            3•1 year ago

            Then why did you dodge the request to prove there are no tiny invisible pink elephants in your fridge, wise guy? lmao

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              If you’re claiming my fridge has no tiny invisible pink elephants you are welcome to provide evidence.

              I will make no claims on the matter and thus have to provide no evidence either way.

              Edit: I think you’re confusing me for the other guy.

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                I think you’re confusing me for the other guy.

                I was, but you’re running defense for him so I think the point still stands.

                Believing claims on the grounds that they haven’t been disproven is just bad epistemology, and it certainly isn’t good science. Hence the elephants.

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                  Believing claims on the grounds that they haven’t been disproven is just bad epistemology

                  Well, it’s a good thing that wasn’t my position.

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