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RosieG

Is it harder to prove a negative or a positive? Harder to prove absence of or presence of? Is it harder to prove the sb prez is/isn't crazy?

Posted - May 30, 2019
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  • 6098
    Hard to "prove" anything which is why I don't even try. 
      May 30, 2019 9:14 AM MDT
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  • 34949
    It is impossible to prove an negative. 
      May 30, 2019 10:51 AM MDT
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  • 6023
    Part of the reason why our court system is set up as "innocent until proven guilty", is that it is virtually impossible to prove you did NOT commit a crime (IE: prove your innocence).

    This is also why some government agency courts are sometimes set up opposite.
    EG: If a business is charged with NOT paying wages, they have to prove they are innocent.
    Why?  Because they should have records showing they DID pay wages.  So they are proving a positive.
      May 30, 2019 11:25 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Thank you for your reply Walt.
      May 30, 2019 1:04 PM MDT
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