On 11-12-29 01:57 AM, Mary Yugo wrote:
On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On 11-12-28 08:40 PM, Mary Yugo wrote:
Unless I'm greatly mistaken, you've accused a number of people of
failing to exist.
The only allegation of non existence I've ever made is the
non-existence of a proper and credible experiment that proves that the
E-cat works as advertised. Of that, I'm quite sure.
The other non-existence attributes I've alleged are only potential --
as in: "Rossi's anonymous customer may not exist or may be associated
with Rossi." -- to give an example. I've never accused anyone of
fraud in conjunction with Rossi and Defkalion. I have, however,
pointed to Steorn as an example of something which developed similarly
and appears very similar and clearly is a fraud -- which has been
crystal clear for at least two years. I have said many times that
Rossi and Defkalion could be frauds. I think the probability that
they are is quite significant. It's an opinion-- not a statement of
facts.
Having said all that, Stephen, please prove you exist.
That's a tough one.
Descartes's "proof" was defective, of course -- it proved only that I do
not see how I could not exist, not that I could not possibly not exist.
Among other issues with his proof, the rules of inference with which he
was working are an assumption, akin to an axiom, and can't be proven.
