You can not prove that Santa Claus is not real and living today.

1. Solipsism My opponent holds two objections to this contention. The first is a question to the validity of Occam's Razor. Occam's Razor is a law of logic called the law of parsimony [1.3]. My opponent's objection to it is not warranted with any reliable source and is based in the a variation of argumentium ad Populum (. http://philosophy.lander.edu...), a logical fallacy. My opponent's second objection is that there is no evidence for my second premise, that both propositions of existence and nonexitstence of the universe share a lack of evidence. My opponent not only avoids providing a counterexampe, but also ignores my source [1.1], which argues that nothing is known besides the existence of one's own cognition, which does not require a universe. For the purpose of going beyond reiteration, I will put forth a firmer argument for my second premise. There is no way to prove the existence of the universe without references to the universe itself, which may or may not be existent. The only arguments for the existence of the universe are circular. Further, the apparent existence of other minds are simply figments of one's imagination if the universe does not exist, so these minds cannot affirm the existence of the universe [1.4]. [1.3] . http://www.2think.org... [1.4] . http://www.jstor.org... 2+3. The laws of physics My opponent's claim of the existence of another species somehow perfectly capable of enduring quintillions of joules of energy is absurd. As to the propostion that technology could progress to allow matter to be transported instantaneously, the simile this assumption is founded upon is fallacious. A message is not matter, but a letter is. To try to move a message over a given distance is possible, but to try to move a letter instantaneously would fail due to the laws of physics. No innovation man can possibly concieve can overcome the laws of physics. Presents are matter, which can neither be created nor destroyed, and so their mass cannot be reduced. 1. All elements are gasses beyond 5660 degrees Celcius [2.2] at normal pressure. 2. "The state of matter is dependent therefore upon both the temperature and pressure of a given substance. " Pressure causes states of matter to change at lower temperatures than usual. [2.3] 3. The sleigh is exposed to 4.315,015 pounds of centrifugal force and 14,300,000,000,000,000,000 joules of energy, which would vaporize any kind of matter [2.1], including any "protection suit" or undiscovered species of mammal. My opponent's science fiction proposals must follow the laws of physics. [2.2] . http://www.science.co.il... [2.3] . http://physics.about.com... CONCLUSION My opponent's rebuttal was based on denial of the laws of logic and physics. His first source does not warrant the existence of species that might potentially break the laws of physics. His second and third sources are definitions, and his fourth source warrants the existence of materials that protect humans from temperatures that are like fingernails in solar systems compared with the temperatures that would have to be endured. The Universe does not exist, so Santa does not exist. Even if the universe did exist, Santa would not be able to survive. The resolution is negated. Thank you.