Re:It’s Impossible to Prove Your Laptop Hasn’t Been Hacked
by thierryzoller on Sunday April 29, 2018 @04:40AM
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In other news : You can't prove a negative.
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Re:It’s Impossible to Prove Your Laptop Hasn’t Been Hacked
by DoctorOetker on Sunday April 29, 2018 @12:55PM
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Here is a (wrong) statement:
* [the sum S of two even numbers A1 and A2] is an odd number
Here is its negation:
* [the sum S of two even numbers A1 and A2] is not an odd number
or alternatively:
* [the sum S of two even numbers A1 and A2] is an even number.
Let's "you can't prove the negative":
* A1 is even => there exists an integer a1 such that A1 = 2a1
A2 is even => there exists an integer a1 such that A2 = 2a2
by substitution the sum (A1+A2) = (2a1 + 2a2)
* by distributivity: (A1+A2)=2(a1+a2)
sum s of integers a1,a2 is an integer: a1 + a2 = s integer
* substitution (A1+A2)=2s with s integer
S=(A1+A2)=2s, hence S is even
an even number is not odd
* hence [the sum S of two even numbers A1 and A2] is not odd
We proved a theorem that was also a negation of a statement!!