𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoHow do you explain the principal of "you cannot prove a negative" to someone that is very weak at abstractions like this?message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down11
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareHow do you explain the principal of "you cannot prove a negative" to someone that is very weak at abstractions like this?𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squarexavier666@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agotl;dr for others A: “I have an Pink Unicorn inside the trunk of my car. It vanishes the moment you try to open the trunk or look at it.” B: “What? That’s absurd” A: “I know it exists. It’s up to you to disprove it” B: “But there is no way one can capture/observe/understand it with any sort of scientific instrument” A: “Don’t care. Skill issue”
tl;dr for others
A: “I have an Pink Unicorn inside the trunk of my car. It vanishes the moment you try to open the trunk or look at it.”
B: “What? That’s absurd”
A: “I know it exists. It’s up to you to disprove it”
B: “But there is no way one can capture/observe/understand it with any sort of scientific instrument”
A: “Don’t care. Skill issue”