(October 3, 2013 at 9:26 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:no, I don't. as I've said absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Incorrect. The fact that no one has found El Dorado in the American South West in the 4 centuries since the Spanish dreamed it up is not evidence that it exists.
The fact that it has not been found is, in fact, strong evidence that the whole tale is bullshit.
So, because he can show no evidence against the Invisible Pink Unicorn, he should not (by his own reasoning) dismiss the IPU's existence. Or any other ludicrous religions, occultisms, madmens' cult ramblings. Its all valid!
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Cheerful Charlie
If I saw a man beating a tied up dog, I couldn't prove it was wrong, but I'd know it was wrong.
- Attributed to Mark Twain
If I saw a man beating a tied up dog, I couldn't prove it was wrong, but I'd know it was wrong.
- Attributed to Mark Twain