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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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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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