Is this a reasonable line of logic?

[LazerBean]

Say a person with no medical background makes up a medical condition that is clearly not possible, and in fact is so absurd and that no medical professional would even considered it, much less ever bother to make a study on it. Now say that person insists that unless someone can show them the medical source that says the condition isn't real, then it must be real.

Is that a logical line of reasoning?

Yes that is logical

Im not sure

No that is silly

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I agree that it could be some sort of mental thing. But that would still fall under mental cases that are already known and existing. My only point is that lack of squats in and of itself will not cause a headache.

[Guy13]

Because Something Is Not doesn't mean that Something Is.

God is kind of like that except God is established where the medical conditioned is not established. So, with God, given all the Evidences in Natural and Special revelation as well as the Bible, God Is. So, for an Atheists to say God Is Not admits that God Is or there would be Nothing to Naught... atheism would not need to be...

The reasoning above could work IF a study was done on said "Medical symptoms into a titled diagnosis. BUT As of this moment the idea of "It exists because one can not prove that it does not exist" is both ludicrous and illogical...

[Chazmatazz269]

Ah… the challenge to prove the negative. A scoundrel’s tactic to say the least. You’ll actually see that a lot right here on gag. Some people are just too dumb to understand the impossibility of their demand. Others are just smart enough to understand it, but too dumb to realize that anyone else reasonably well educated will know they’re full of sh*t. They probably only continue to do it because most people are below average intelligence, and it works on them. When we reward bad behavior, bad behavior persists.

[SleepyheadCamella]

She doesn't deserve nothing, with her hateful whore self, you evil bitch

[LazerBean]

What

[FunkyMonkee]

It IS a FORM of logic, "You can't prove it's not there so it must be there" but, that doesn't exactly make it sane. I can claim Marilyn Monroe has been sleeping with me every night since I was born and just because you can't prove she's not here doesn't mean she's not but, that doesn't mean it actually happens. Especially since it's actually been Elizabeth Montgomery.

[jengeorge26]

Thank you

[foxsquirrell]

If something is not proven that it is not true, it does not mean that it is true. There simply is no prove yet.

For example someone claims that the square root of 2 is a rational number. And then he goes to mathematicians and tells them, listen if you do not have a prove that the square root of 2 is irrational then it must be rational. That is not correct logic.

I mean they can equally say, if you do not have proof that the square root of 2 is rational than it must be irrational. Which is the same illogical reasoning.

The existence of something may be proven to be possible or impossible, but the absence of a such a prove implies nothing.

[Losalt]

This seems to be referring to a specific situation that I'd need more information to have a opinion on.
Generally speaking however while people without medical education isn't qualified to make a diagnosis they often know more about symptoms then people who do have said education knows.
And you shouldn't discount that.

[SiberFox]

Like trying to disprove Last Thursdayism, its pointless to argue with people intentionally playing dumb.

[NathanDavis]

that has nothing to do with logic though... that's more like dogma

[LazerBean]

Imagine said medical condition in question is something like they get a headache if they don't do 3 squats every day. If that helps.

[NathanDavis]

well... yes, that's a belief, if you really believe it, then it can affect you psychologically and then physiologically in some cases

now, I am no doctor and nothing near to that but... I think that could be a type of hypochondriasis

[NathanDavis]

edit/update*

actually, and as someone who grew up with OCD tendencies and fixations many

"not doing squats" can indeed "cause" some headaches, and that would come induced by stress, anxiety and tension, not breathing properly and a few other things

headaches, stomach aches, light headed, heart racing... our brains can be really weird sometimes, lol

[LazerBean]

I agree that it definitely could be a mental thing. But that would be a mental condition, not a whole condition that is cause in and of itself by lack of squats.

[LazerBean]

I meant to reply that to you but if I updated instead lol

[TheMajesticKing777]

Well new things are discovered everyday but you can't just say something is real when theirs no reason but I guess it depends on many things

[RedThread]

The person making the claim would have to prove it. Why would the patient even need to see a doctor if they already know everything about their made-up condition?

[Sandeeppingping]

Isn't that like the entire liberal ideology?

[RandomGuy1030]

No. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence

[RuthlessAggression]

has to do with ehtics

is it ethical, to say such a thing

[Andres77]

Then they just need to stfu and do squats.

[jengeorge26]

I’m still not sure, what’s your point?

[Still-alive]

Hell no