j4k3@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoHow do you explain the principal of "you cannot prove a negative" to someone that is very weak at abstractions like this?message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down18
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareHow do you explain the principal of "you cannot prove a negative" to someone that is very weak at abstractions like this?j4k3@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoThis is a very good analogy! Although to be pedantic, there are white crows; there was one living in my neighborhood some years back.
minus-squareLibra00@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 hours agoIt’s just an example. Mentally edit it to polka-dotted hippopotamuses if it makes ya happy. ;)
This is a very good analogy!
Although to be pedantic, there are white crows; there was one living in my neighborhood some years back.
It’s just an example. Mentally edit it to polka-dotted hippopotamuses if it makes ya happy. ;)