Re: Article in Scientific American

T.H. Ray <thray123@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Hmmm. I don't know. To the extent that not disprovable
means not not provable, is it not equivalent to
provable?

Only if disprovable meant "not provable". It doesn't: disprovable means
that there exists a proof for the negation. If you want a single word
for "not provable", then unprovable will work.

--
Chris Smith
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