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[-] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 21 points 5 months ago

I can prove by evidence that there is no milk in this cup.

[-] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Yes but can you prove by evidence that there is no milk in my cup, if I won't let you look inside?

[-] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Someone wants a glass of milk :-)

[-] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

Proving the negative or positive would be equally hard then .

[-] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Yes, but an absence of a proof of the positive is itself not proof of the negative, so if we're in the unprovable unknown, we're still back at the point that you can't prove a negative.

[-] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

we’re still back at the point that you can’t prove a negative.

We were never at the point that you can't prove a negative. That's dumb & wrong.

A woman menstruating proves negative on pregnancy.

The existence of the largest prime was disproven thousands of years ago.

[-] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Well, if the conditions are such that the positive would be absolutely certain to leave evidence, then the lack of said evidence is good enough. Like, I say it’s not snowing where I live. Absolutely nobody in my town sees so much as a single snowflake. Also, it’s 72° out. Haven’t I proven to a reasonable degree that it’s not snowing where I live?

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

If you enumerate each particle in the cup and verify that it is not a milk particle, yes.

(Milk is a complex colloid of multiple compounds, so good luck with that.)

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