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To: liup

Reality does not require our belief in it to exist.
Can you disprove that?
NOW, stop resurrecting this thread.


74 posted on 09/04/2005 12:48:52 PM PDT by Darksheare (There is a Possum in the works.)
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To: Darksheare

"Reality does not require our belief in it to exist.
Can you disprove that?"
I don't know if your statement is true or false, so why would you ask me to disprove it? Disproving it requires me to believe that you are wrong (which I never said).
This is the convention:
1) if someone makes a claim, then you ask them to prove it
2) if someone disagrees with your claim, then you ask them "can you disprove it?"
3) if someone is neutral towards your claim (they say "I don't know if you are right or wrong), then they can't be asked to prove or disprove anything
I'm currently at 3). By asking me to disprove your own point, you are assuming that I disagree with you, and that I have implied a claim opposite to yours, and thus I should prove my own claim by disproving yours. No, that's not the case.


77 posted on 09/04/2005 8:22:57 PM PDT by liup
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