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Topic: Is it possible to prove a negative?

Anonymous A started this discussion 9 years ago #60,727

For example, could DNA testing be used to prove that a human being is not a species of insect?

Meta M³ joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #769,698

Atheists BTFO ?

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 4 minutes later, 5 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #769,702

"Madrid is not the capital of Italy"
"Pure water does not boil at 20 degrees"
"Venus is not the closest planet to the sun"

These are all negative sentences and all are provable. So, yes.

The Witch Doctor !6W1Zpe4MCM joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 9 minutes later, 14 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #769,704

No.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 17 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #769,707

@previous (The Witch Doctor !6W1Zpe4MCM)
So, in your opinion, DNA testing couldn't prove that a human being is not a species of insect?

Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 3 hours later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #769,755

@previous (A)
if you use cladistic taxonomy, you can argue that we are a bony fish.
in science, you don't really prove stuff, you get statistically confident.

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 1 hour later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #769,766

Yes. There are no elephants currently living in my refrigerator. Absence of evidence can be evidence of absence, depending on the claims invovled.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 11 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #769,769

@769,755 (Sheila LaBoof)
As a general rule, do biologists describe human beings as fish rather than primates?

Sheila LaBoof replied with this 9 years ago, 7 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #769,772

@previous (A)
yes.

Anonymous C replied with this 9 years ago, 12 hours later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #769,866

@769,755 (Sheila LaBoof)

> in science, you don't really prove stuff

LOL retard

Sheila LaBoof replied with this 9 years ago, 26 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #769,876

@previous (C)
look it up, dingus, basic philosophy of science
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