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bahman
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Is there?

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Is there any argument for the statement "nothing cannot exist"? If yes, the existence becomes necessary.
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Re: Is there?

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sure, but you cannot prove a negative...

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Impenitent wrote: Thu Jan 24, 2019 10:58 pm sure, but you cannot prove a negative...

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I see.
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bahman wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:09 pm
Impenitent wrote: Thu Jan 24, 2019 10:58 pm sure, but you cannot prove a negative...

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I see.
From wiki: A negative claim is a colloquialism for an affirmative claim that asserts the non-existence or exclusion of something.[10] Saying, "You cannot prove a negative," has been called pseudologicbecause there are many proofs that substantiate negative claims in mathematics, science, and economics including Arrow's impossibility theorem.
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Re: Is there?

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Other than the tiresome and unnecessary semantic argument, i.e. the meaning of the words "nothing" and "exist" , there are various ways of reiterating the statement, this being one of the more nonsensical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNdl-HIkDqQ
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