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re: Baylor University Survey On Religion: 'Almost No Atheists Voted For Trump'

Posted on 9/21/17 at 7:37 am to
Posted by ShortyRob
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 9/21/17 at 7:37 am to
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And I proved that there are negatives that can be proven. The
which indicates that you don't really get what people mean when they say it. When they say you can't prove a negative they are referring to things that don't already have absolute proof to the positive.

See my cheated on the wife example. It would be silly for me to say I can't prove I never cheated on my wife right after you showed video of me cheating on my wife. But if you simply accuse me of cheating on my wife with zero proof it's impossible for me to prove I didn't
Posted by AUveritas
Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 9/21/17 at 7:40 am to
It simply means you can't prove things don't exist.

From Wiki:
A negative claim is a colloquialism for an affirmative claim that asserts the non-existence or exclusion of something
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