(December 23, 2013 at 9:08 pm)Chas Wrote:(December 23, 2013 at 9:03 pm)Lion IRC Wrote: It is possible to prove a negative.
Science - Pluto is not a planet
Medicine - Negative test results
Law - Not guilty.
You can certainly prove that something does not exist in the place where it is claimed to exist.
Those are really not the same as proving a claim of non-existence, which you know as well as I, is what was meant.
But if it was... all the priests, mullahs and pastas would be working in Starbucks.
I say we go with it.
The PURPOSE of life is to replicate our DNA ................. (from Darwin)
The MEANING of life is the experience of living ... (from Frank Herbert)
The VALUE of life is the legacy we leave behind ..... (from observation)
The MEANING of life is the experience of living ... (from Frank Herbert)
The VALUE of life is the legacy we leave behind ..... (from observation)