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Really? I thought it was almost impossible to prove a negative. Go read Karl Popper on falsifiability.

• drone 14y ago
  ... and most of the examples shows proving a positive as well, and also clearly exerts why the statement I said in my post is not falsifiable. Your original statement, was, btw, "it is almost impossible to prove a positive." So, how is it nearly impossible to prove "this swan is white," but highly possible to prove "no swan has ever been black?" I can prove there is a mouse that is blue and black on my desk, but I cannot prove that there has never been a red and black mouse on my desk, I can only assert such.
• dkokelley 14y ago
  Why don't you try your best to summarize the pertinent aspects of falsifiability for the community? I'll try to start. Here's some background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability