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Originally Posted by Aramike
You said it: you can't prove a negative. So why bother?
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"Negatives do not require proof"
is a little closer to the mark than
"you can't prove a negative".
Rather than:
1) 'E' has not been proved
2) Thus 'E' is false
We should say:
1) 'E' should be considered true if (and only if) proved
2) 'E' has not been proved