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to: Geo.
from: Robert Comer
date: 2007-04-12 19:02:30
subject: Re: where the hell is my global warming?

From: Robert Comer 

Nope, those are actually positive proof.  Negative proof is proof by the
absence of proof, and is invalid.

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Bob Comer


On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:28:17 -0400, "Geo."  wrote:

>"Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
>news:e83t13ha5fp530perach29gssj4o0eces2{at}4ax.com...
>
>> There is no such thing as negative proof.
>
>Observations that disprove a theory are negative proof.
>
>Geo.

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