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So you can't cite a single source that evidence does not exist for present and historical species counts and yet there are entire books dedicated to said topic
by behringer 9y ago
So you can't cite a single source that evidence does not exist for present and historical species counts and yet there are entire books dedicated to said topic (supposedly, perhaps parent could list some). You should probably think about that for a while before you continue to respond.
- insickness 9y agoThe burden of proof is on the person making the claim (that extinction has increased) not the person questioning the claim. It's like asking someone to prove God doesn't exist.
- austincheney 9y agoLikewise, you cannot provide any evidence to the contrary. I will repeat myself. How do you cite evidence of something that doesn't exist? Case in point, can you provide any example, from any form of science, of evidence of something that doesn't exist? As an example: Eventually scientists may prove the existence of dark matter, but they will never prove that dark matter doesn't exist because evidence of absence isn't scientific. If you show me how such any evidence, evidence of absence, is vaguely possible I will find it for you. Or, you could prove me wrong. If this topic is utterly indisputable this should be a simple feat. A single simple Google search. Things like appeals to authority and argument from ignorance are not scientifically credible. I could be wrong, but all anybody has done is shown offense.