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by dctoedt 2344 days ago
> Show me the evidence that there isn't a giant space walrus on the far side of Neptune. Otherwise we must conclude there is one.

That's a nice, more-memorable riff on Russell's Teapot [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot

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Thanks for sharing! I knew this was "a thing" but I don't usually know the names of all these logic and philosophy things.
We could call it Blakey's Walrus?