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Only God Can Prove a Negative, and There Is No God
2005.04.25 (Mon) 00:54
In response to our series on Allison DuBois, we have received a fair amount of feedback. Among the critical comments, there is one specific theme that we've heard more than any other — people questioning why we didn't "disprove" the existence of Allison's powers. Jeantia's comment below is pretty typical of this theme:
I realise that I'm a little late in joining this discussion... However, I read your weeks intense study into why Allison Dubois is a fraud and I have the following questions:
You've given us two "quotes" from e-mail responses stating that Allison was not involved in police investigations and implied that the Dr Schwarz's ideas are ridiculous, how does this DISPROVE the fact that her ability is genuine? Wouldn't disproving her abilities require ACTUAL evidence? If you're making the claim that she has not achieved what she has claimed to achieve, then you'll have to PROVE her wrong.
I was honestly disappointed that I got to the end of a whole week of "Rant" to discover that you had no concrete evidence, just a fistful of ideas and a sarcastic tone that really does make you sound bitter as opposed to truly interested in the truth.
Let's see...we see the statements "DISPROVE," "disproving her abilities," and "PROVE her wrong" all listed prominently in Jeantia's comment. Hey, we'd love to do all of those things, but there's a simple problem that prevents us from doing so which we outlined in our reply:
...and wait, and wait, and wait....
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Comments (16)
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