Is it possible to prove anything?

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Iluvsmetuna

It's a secret.

D_D_inactive

then u didn't prove it

Iluvsmetuna

First I have to ask you what constitutes a proof to you before I provide it. Otherwise you will troll me.

D_D_inactive

proof |proōf|nounevidence or argument establishing or helping to establish a fact or thetruth of a statement

Iluvsmetuna

That's only an abstract definition of what proof means.

See, it's not really about proof, it's about trust.

If you don't trust me, you ask for proof.

People who don't trust in the process of creation, are obligated to provide scientific proof that their nutty theories have a basis, and that proof is usually even more banana-faced than the theory itself.

D_D_inactive

THERE ISNT SUCK THING AS SCIENTIFIC PROOF

and by the way i just showed u that u didn't prove that your favorite number is 7. If u say your favorite number is 7, how do we know that u are not just lying?

Apotek

i would like to point out that the archaic meaning of "prove" is "to test".It is preserved in such expressions as "the exception that proves the rule","the proof of the pudding is in the eating","to prove ground(military)",etc.

Squarely

One cannot prove anything, but one can prove something.

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Apotek wrote:

i would like to point out that the archaic meaning of "prove" is "to test".It is preserved in such expressions as "the exception that proves the rule","the proof of the pudding is in the eating","to prove ground(military)",etc.

clueless

Senior-Lazarus_Long

Squarely wrote:

One cannot prove anything, but one can prove something.

Correct. We can prove things exactly in the maths. We can prove things , with great precision, in the sciences. As to my favorite number, I can establish that exactly by fiat, if others don't choose to believe me, so what? They don't get a vote.

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Senior-Lazarus_Long wrote:

Squarely wrote:

One cannot prove anything, but one can prove something.

Correct. We can prove things exactly in the maths. We can prove things , with great precision, in the sciences. As to my favorite number, I can establish that exactly by fiat, if others don't choose to believe me, so what? They don't get a vote.

D_D_inactive

SCIENCE CANT PROVE ITSELF,A COUNTER EXAMPLE CAN COME ALONG AND CONTRADICT THE SCIENTIFIC THEORY

BartolomeusRex
TheGamecock wrote:

SCIENCE CANT PROVE ITSELF,A COUNTER EXAMPLE CAN COME ALONG AND CONTRADICT THE SCIENTIFIC THEORY

Science is science only if it is falsifiable and that is why a priori knowledge (philosophy, maths) does not count as science.

johnny_BACON

dah

D_D_inactive
BartolomeusRex wrote:
TheGamecock wrote:

SCIENCE CANT PROVE ITSELF,A COUNTER EXAMPLE CAN COME ALONG AND CONTRADICT THE SCIENTIFIC THEORY

Science is science only if it is falsifiable and that is why a priori knowledge (philosophy, maths) does not count as science.

well, science can be a means to any subject

BartolomeusRex
TheGamecock wrote:
BartolomeusRex wrote:
TheGamecock wrote:

SCIENCE CANT PROVE ITSELF,A COUNTER EXAMPLE CAN COME ALONG AND CONTRADICT THE SCIENTIFIC THEORY

Science is science only if it is falsifiable and that is why a priori knowledge (philosophy, maths) does not count as science.

well, science can be a means to any subject

What?

D_D_inactive

its true, it says so in my science textbook

BartolomeusRex

I don't really understand what are you saying.

D_D_inactive

im saying since science can be a means to any subject, and science cant be proven, then nothing can be proven

BartolomeusRex

Maths and philosophy are not science even if your textbook says differently.