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Posted by David Fairthorne on Wed Dec 1 14:13:07 2010, in response to Re: Atheist Billboard At Lincoln Tunnel Approach, posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Wed Dec 1 11:43:28 2010. Aside from the ridiculousness of the idea of proving a negative,I don't see why that's ridiculous. In mathematics you sometimes prove affirmatives (for instance existence and uniqueness theorems) and you sometimes prove negatives (nonexistence theorems). Example of a proven negative: there is no rational number whose value is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Sometimes you prove affirmatives by contradiction (assuming the proposition to be false and arriving at a contradiction). Sometimes you prove negatives by contradiction (assuming the proposition to be true and arriving at a contradiction). what do you mean by "God" anyway? Scientists sometimes use the word "God" as an personification of nature. Einstein didn't like the randomness of quantum mechanics because he didn't think God would play dice. I don't much like the idea that God would divide by zero, creating black holes. |
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