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Is it possible to prove a negative?
Interesting! How do you go about proving a negative in math and science then?
One way is to use a proof by contradiction where you assume the opposite of what you're trying to prove and show that it leads to a contradiction. In the case of the x^2 - 2 = 0 problem, you assume that there is a whole number x that satisfies the equation and then show that this would lead to a contradiction.