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You can't prove a negative (parody)

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You can't prove a negative (parody)
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RE: You can't prove a negative (parody)
April 8, 2013 at 6:53 pm (This post was last modified: April 8, 2013 at 6:55 pm by Mystic.)
(April 8, 2013 at 6:47 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: The difference is that the universe can be measured and the results can be shown to you.

Yet it would not prove the universe exists. In fact, in philosophy, it's pretty much admitted, you can't prove physical world exists. It's a properly basic belief.

Quote:You have to show that something is capable of existing.

Show me it's possible for the physical universe to exist. Prove it ontologically. Prove it's not the case that only spiritual existence is ontologically possible and we are not just experiencing the physical world like a computer simulation (game).
Quote:It's really an oversimplification of the argument although I don't blame you, since most people using it over simplify it as well.

It's just plugging a different thing, to show it's absurdity.
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You can't prove a negative (parody)

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You can't prove a negative (parody) - by MysticKnight - April 8, 2013 at 6:41 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Nine - April 8, 2013 at 6:45 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by MysticKnight - April 8, 2013 at 6:53 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Darkstar - April 8, 2013 at 6:59 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Darkstar - April 8, 2013 at 7:13 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Godschild - April 9, 2013 at 2:11 am
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Darkstar - April 9, 2013 at 9:49 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by catfish - April 10, 2013 at 5:10 am
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Darkstar - April 10, 2013 at 2:35 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Godschild - April 10, 2013 at 4:56 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Darkstar - April 8, 2013 at 7:18 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by catfish - April 8, 2013 at 7:32 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Darkstar - April 8, 2013 at 7:59 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Anomalocaris - April 8, 2013 at 10:06 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by MysticKnight - April 8, 2013 at 10:16 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Anomalocaris - April 8, 2013 at 11:45 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by MysticKnight - April 9, 2013 at 12:22 am

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