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That phrase applies basically everywhere else except math. It's only possible to prove a negative in mathematics because it's a fully logical system. On a side
by rtkwe 9y ago
That phrase applies basically everywhere else except math. It's only possible to prove a negative in mathematics because it's a fully logical system.
On a side note Fermat's Last Theorem isn't a good counterexample because it hasn't been proven yet either.
- pitaj 9y agoIt's proven: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/mar/15/british-mathematician-andrew-wiles-abel-prize-fermats-last-theorem-proof https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/mar/15/british-math... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiles%27s_proof_of_Fermat%27s_Last_Theorem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiles%27s_proof_of_Fermat%27s_...
- rocqua 9y agoIf you really want to get down to it, math doesn't work either. Godel's second incompleteness theorem means we can never be sure whether any mathematical system is 'fully logical'.