CalciumDeficiency@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoWhat did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?message-squaremessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 4 months agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squarebillgamesh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI’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?
minus-squareIsoprenoid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-24 months ago 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
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?
Proof of a negative is common in science and mathematics.
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