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**megasprut** · 07-17-2006, 02:08 AM

Hehe, yeah... the only way you can prove a negative like that is to derive another conclusion from it and prove its contradiction. But there aren't really any conclusions you can draw from unicorns and dragons existing; there's no "if dragons existed, then 'X'".
What you can do is estimate the likelihood of any of these things existing based on what you know, but still, we see the world through a glass darkly; all sorts of things may have happened that led to the existence of dragons without us knowing about them. For all I know, a dragon might be sitting next to me right now, but I can't detect it!

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07-17-2006, 02:08 AM	#7
megasprut Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 493 Senior Member	Hehe, yeah... the only way you can prove a negative like that is to derive another conclusion from it and prove its contradiction. But there aren't really any conclusions you can draw from unicorns and dragons existing; there's no "if dragons existed, then 'X'". What you can do is estimate the likelihood of any of these things existing based on what you know, but still, we see the world through a glass darkly; all sorts of things may have happened that led to the existence of dragons without us knowing about them. For all I know, a dragon might be sitting next to me right now, but I can't detect it! Quote:
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