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-square27fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down17
arrow-up152arrow-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-square27fedilink
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day 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-up2·2 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. ;)