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		vorador on Oct 11, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Write Clearly, Think Clearly, and Learn Eas... Well, you can not prove that the bus would run over him every time he tries it.

Herring on Oct 11, 2009 | [–]

How is that a coherent statement? Even if a "proof" was possible (which it isn't by definition), you could just pick a different set of axioms & arrive at a different conclusion.

TravisLS on Oct 12, 2009 | [–]

From the OP: The evidence for one side can still be a lot stronger than the evidence for the other.

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