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by horntooth
Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:58 pm
Forum: Philosophy of Science
Topic: "You Can’t Prove A Negative"
Replies: 122
Views: 41770

Re: "You Can’t Prove A Negative"

...but it definitely means snow doesn't exist where they have been up to this point ie. there has not been snow "here", place, in this period, time. And this is indeed proven! because snow "doesn't exist" in nigeria, doesn't mean that it doesn't exist in norway. so, the essentia...
by horntooth
Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:01 pm
Forum: Philosophy of Science
Topic: "You Can’t Prove A Negative"
Replies: 122
Views: 41770

Re: "You Can’t Prove A Negative"

new atheism? as for the positive/ negative- when you say "god doesn't exist" this is also a positive assertion. you are claiming that you have positive knowledge about god, i.e. his non-existence. i could go on and say "your brain doesn't exist". would i have to prove such an ass...