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<p>[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 363215, member: 4626"]It's really impossible to prove that something <i>doesn't</i> exist... you can always say that the fact it hasn't been found may mean that nobody's looked in the right place... but what can be said, is no direct evidence points to its existance. There may be some kernel of truth that forms the basis of the legend, but if so, nobody's discovered it yet, they've only speculated what it might be.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course to prove it exists, you merely have to find and authenticate one, and there you go. But usually the default belief should be that something doesn't exist, until it's proven that it does, if the only evidence it ever existed consists of legends and speculation; there's not even a trail of good circumstantial evidence really. Not saying absense of evidence equal evidence of absense of course... but extraordinary claims should require extraordinary evidence before being acceptable as even plausible, much less likely to be true.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 363215, member: 4626"]It's really impossible to prove that something [I]doesn't[/I] exist... you can always say that the fact it hasn't been found may mean that nobody's looked in the right place... but what can be said, is no direct evidence points to its existance. There may be some kernel of truth that forms the basis of the legend, but if so, nobody's discovered it yet, they've only speculated what it might be. Of course to prove it exists, you merely have to find and authenticate one, and there you go. But usually the default belief should be that something doesn't exist, until it's proven that it does, if the only evidence it ever existed consists of legends and speculation; there's not even a trail of good circumstantial evidence really. Not saying absense of evidence equal evidence of absense of course... but extraordinary claims should require extraordinary evidence before being acceptable as even plausible, much less likely to be true.[/QUOTE]
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