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Originally Posted by Unified Serenity
Those are Mr. Greer's views and while He challenges them to prove a negative, where is the proof that all ET's are positive?
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Greer said "you can't prove a negative". In other words, he was admitting that he could not prove that "there are
no hostile ETs" (which is a negative statement by virtue of the use of the word "no"). It was a concession, not a challenge. This phrase is sometimes used by atheists when admitting that you cannot prove that there is
no god. Greer was raised as an atheist.