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Old 30-June-2009, 12:56 AM
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Originally Posted by DrRocket View Post
I wish people would stop saying that "you can't prove a negative". In some cases you most certainly can prove a negative. Teaching this claptrap to youngsters is a decided disservice.
4) The sun is not powered by an external electrical current.
Isn't it more about the form of the statement?

For example, you prove your negative (4), by falsifying the positive form "The sun is powered by an external electrical current". Or by a related, again positive, statement "The sun is powered by nuclear fusion".

I don't know about the mathematical proofs. And anyway I'm no expert, so explain away.
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