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What did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?

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What did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?

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Are you implying that a negative categorically cannot be proven?

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  No. A negative can be proven. It’s done all the time in science and mathematics.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(philosophy)#Proving_a_negative
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_impossibility
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    Ok, just verifying that that fallacy wasn’t the crux of your argument
    
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