So my antagonist said, "Is it impossible that there are flying saucers? Can you prove that it's impossible?" … - Richard P. Feynman

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We can not understand the visible problem until we go to the invisible one.

Richard P. Feynman

So my antagonist said, "Is it impossible that there are flying saucers? Can you prove that it's impossible?" "No," I said, "I can't prove it's impossible. It's just very unlikely. " At that he said, "You are very unscientific. If you can't prove it impossible then how can you say that it's unlikely?" But that is the way that is scientific. It is scientific only to say what is more likely and what less likely, and not to be proving all the time the possible and impossible.

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