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CalciumDeficiency@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

What did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?

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What did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?

CalciumDeficiency@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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  • Isoprenoid@programming.dev
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    Careful, many online atheists don’t understand that they have to prove a negative. That they have to prove the assertion: “There is no god.”

    The default position is that there is yet insufficient evidence to draw a conclusion.

    Edit: Thank you for the downvotes, you have provided me with further evidence that online atheists don’t understand that they have to prove a negative. Your butthurt fuels me.

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      Are you implying that a negative categorically cannot be proven?

      Edit: I have since disavowed this instance

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        No. A negative can be proven. It’s done all the time in science and mathematics.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(philosophy)#Proving_a_negative

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_impossibility

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          Ok, just verifying that that fallacy wasn’t the crux of your argument

          Edit: I have since disavowed this instance

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      This guy eats babies

      prove me wrong

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        You have made the assertion, thus you have the burden of proof.

        “what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence” QED

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          …Do you not realize that the same goes for god?

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            I wasn’t arguing for the existence of god.

            Let me break this down:

            • “There is a god.” --> Burden of proof
            • “There is no god.” --> Burden of proof
            • “Hey, man. I don’t know.” —> No burden of proof
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              The second one is wrong, there is no god is not a claim that requires evidence in the same way there are no fairies in my fridge doesn’t require evidence

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