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Re:How to Write Clearly, Think Clearly, and Learn Easily by vorador on Sunday October 11, 2009 @04:20PM (#875202)
Well, you can not prove that the bus would run over him every time he tries it.
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Re:How to Write Clearly, Think Clearly, and Learn Easily by Herring on Sunday October 11, 2009 @05:27PM (#875310)
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.
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Re:How to Write Clearly, Think Clearly, and Learn Easily by TravisLS on Sunday October 11, 2009 @08:13PM (#875600)
From the OP: The evidence for one side can still be a lot stronger than the evidence for the other.
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