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Why/how should he prove something that did not happen? An event, a fact can be proved... not their absence. Try for yourself: prove your have not done [X] in t
by illys 4y ago
Why/how should he prove something that did not happen? An event, a fact can be proved... not their absence.
Try for yourself: prove your have not done [X] in the last 10 years.
- highwaylights 4y agoYou're mistaken, this situation doesn't require you to disprove a negative. The parent is claiming to have proven a negative. They've claimed to have never gotten a virus. They have no way of knowing if this happened, as a virus isn't going to demonstrate it's presence.
- illys 4y agoSo I guess the right question is "Are you sure?", not "Prove it".
- highwaylights 4y agoI was going to write "How would you know?" and in retrospect I should have.