You would flunk a philosophy class. The onus is on the person who alleges a truth (a positive assertion). It is not generally possible to prove a negative assertion. So let him prove it---but fancies don't count. I will sit back and eat popcorn.
But it is interesting to me that you are less interested in actual grounds for belief and more interested in (1) fantasy, and (2) authority. You don't like me because I speak from education and experience, and you can't beat it. You are so ignorant, you don't know me or what authority I deserve. You are not even interested in asking questions. To you, my credentials actually don't matter, so why should I talk down to anyone? This is the weak thread in the internet world of discourse: a kind of assumed egalitarianism where everyone's word is as good as anyone else's. But of course, this is never true. We sort that out in face-to-face contacts.
But if you want novel technology, I read a technical letter recently summarizing Russian work on what NASA had called an "EmDrive," a thrust-producing microwave emitter. They managed to produce about 100 newtons/kilowatt, which was far beyond NASA's feeble micronewtons/kilowatt. So, if anyone has anything, they are probably writing it down in Cyrillic letters.
You would flunk a philosophy class. The onus is on the person who alleges a truth (a positive assertion). It is not generally possible to prove a negative assertion. So let him prove it---but fancies don't count. I will sit back and eat popcorn.
But it is interesting to me that you are less interested in actual grounds for belief and more interested in (1) fantasy, and (2) authority. You don't like me because I speak from education and experience, and you can't beat it. You are so ignorant, you don't know me or what authority I deserve. You are not even interested in asking questions. To you, my credentials actually don't matter, so why should I talk down to anyone? This is the weak thread in the internet world of discourse: a kind of assumed egalitarianism where everyone's word is as good as anyone else's. But of course, this is never true. We sort that out in face-to-face contacts.
But if you want novel technology, I read a technical letter recently summarizing Russian work on what NASA had called an "EmDrive," a thrust-producing microwave emitter. They managed to produce about 100 newtons/kilowatt, which was far beyond NASA's feeble micronewtons/kilowatt. So, if anyone has anything, they are probably writing it down in Cyrillic letters.