Quote:
	
	
		| 
			
				 
					Originally Posted by Emu
					
				 
				No, that's true. The burden of proof lies on the asserter. But I think it's still better, if at least more respectable, to take a neutral position than a negative one. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. 
			
		 | 
	
	
 By "neutral", do you mean agnostic? Cause I think you're absolutely right, but neutral and agnostic are far from the same thing.