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==Carl Sagan==
==Carl Sagan==
In his book, "Demon-Haunted World" cosmologist Carl Sagan gives an example of a statement with this sort of premise saying: "There is a dragon in my garage." In order for one to prove or disprove the statement they are allowed to ak questions.
In his book, "Demon-Haunted World" cosmologist Carl Sagan gives an example of a statement with this sort of premise saying: "There is a dragon in my garage." In order for one to prove or disprove the statement they are allowed to ask questions.
*''Q. Can I see the dragon?''
*''Q. Can I see the dragon?''
and so on...
and so on...
In this way, every question can be answered and therefore no the existence of the dragon is unfalsifiable. Simply put: it must exit.
In this way, every question can be answered and therefore the existence of the dragon is unfalsifiable. Simply put: it must exist.