Re: Mysterious signals from 1000 light years away

From: edens morgan mair fheal greykitten tomys des anges (mair_fheal_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 22:51:39 -0700

In article <Xns9573C794C6EEDstargazerkilolaninet@207.217.125.201>,
 Paul Lawler <stargazer@kilolaniDOT.net> wrote:

> edens morgan mair fheal greykitten tomys des anges
> <mair_fheal@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:mair_fheal-DAAEA7.16180729092004@corp.supernews.com:
>
> >> >>P.S. Asking me to give proof that something does not exist is a
> >> >>logical fallacy.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > another idiot attempting to be logical
> >> >
> >> > i hate to break it to you
> >> > but somethings can be proven not to exist
> >> > and this can be very important
> >>
> >> How would you do that?
> >
> > why not state the issue correctly
> >
> > the burden of proof of a statement
> > lies on the person making the statement
> >
> > whether the statement is negative existential
> > is irrelevant to the metalogical requirements
>
> Ah yes... but if you recall the original statement was be EvoBob saying
> that the existence of extraterrestrial life was "obvious" to anyone. I
> challenged him to prove that there is extraterrestrial life, and he
> responded with, "prove there is not." The burden of proof remains with
> him.

confusing levels of discourse is not being logical
especially when you dont even realize the different levels

arf meow arf

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