Comments on: Can you prove there are no fairies?

By: Noni Odulio

Noni Odulio — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 04:00:14 +0000

Quick, somebody clap their hands – fairies are falling all over.

Seriously, though. Good article. I particularly like how you ended it. Very reasonable.

By: innerminds

innerminds — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:17:37 +0000

I'm 'provisionally' dismissing the existence of fairies, meaning I've decided to stop considering the idea until I see more evidence supporting such idea.

By: missingpoints

missingpoints — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:17:24 +0000

Nope.

"In some circumstances it can be safely assumed that if a certain event had occurred, evidence of it could be discovered by qualified investigators. In such circumstances it is perfectly reasonable to take the absence of proof of its occurrence as positive proof of its non-occurrence." – Introduction to Logic, Copi, 1953, Page 95

Google is your friend.

By: Rapi

Rapi — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:55:57 +0000

Question, if you are dismissing something just because there is no evidence to prove it is also a fallacy (argumentum ad ignoratiam) ?

By: Twin-Skies

Twin-Skies — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:18:22 +0000

Well nobody knows if the invisible pink unicorn exists or not because it's invisible

They just believe. Silly rabbit.

By: Reynor Santiago

Reynor Santiago — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:57:53 +0000

following the article and thread, it refers to a movement centralized on the non-existence of the subject. that would mean a concerted effort to prove that the flying spaghetti monster, unicorn, etc… do not exist.

By: Twin-Skies

Twin-Skies — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:19:50 +0000

Do the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Haruhiism, Jedi, or the Invisible Pink Unicorn ring a bell?

By: Reynor Santiago

Reynor Santiago — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 04:08:48 +0000

…in any case it would be difficult to take seriously forming or having a "movement" or a concerted effort to evangelize the non-existence of fairies as with god when in a non-believer's view both god and the fairies have no difference.

i dont think it is a good argument for a burden of proof.

By: intsiksiomai

intsiksiomai — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:37:38 +0000

This has been my problem with explaining myself (atheistic attitude) to people. Christians want me to prove that Jesus is not the god creator. Wrong! They should prove that there is actually a creator, then, that Jesus is the creator.. and so on… I've been living my life, eat, study, chores, play.. then suddenly I'll be bothered with proving that this entity is NOT god??? Hello?!?

By: neo_shopenhauer

neo_shopenhauer — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:25:00 +0000

i agree with you, kissy… everything in our imagination is (also) real… real in our minds.

we can say that something is real if it exists; imagination exists in the mind; therefore, imagination exists…in the mind.