It is possible that a flying pink unicorn exists (2)

Thank you for accepting. This should be a very interesting debate. I would first like to let the viewers know I chose a flying pink unicorn almost randomly. Any object that probably did not exist would do, but the first bizarre unlikely thing that came into my head was a flying pink unicorn. Thus none of the attributes were specifically chosen for any particular reason other than that it helped make my point when I was arguing in another debates comments section. [1] Just thought I'd make that clear. :) First of all let me lay out some foundations of what we are actually arguing. Possibility - Being within the limits of ability, capacity, or realization My opponent has already gratefully accepted this definition. But what does it really mean? Well if I were to say the chances of ___ are ____. That means that it is a possibility. In other words if there is a chance of something happening or existing; no matter how low or miniscule that chance is, it is a possibility. So if the chances of me being Osama Bin Laden are 1.5 million to 1, it is still possible that I am Osama Bin Laden. Just very highly and unreasonably unlikely. Even if the chances of something is 999,999,999,999 followed by a 1,000 zeros, to 1, it is still possible. For if it was not possible than it would be impossible, and anything that is impossible obviously does not have any chance of happening. Therefore my opponent will have to argue that the chances of there being a flying pink unicorn is absolutely zero. I hope my opponent and all the viewers agree on that. Now let's get down to the grit of it.There is the question of whether impossibility even exists. Through the use of paradoxes you might be able to make an argument that impossibility does exist. But seeing as I don't need to prove there is no such thing as impossibility I won't completely go there. However if my opponent makes a good enough argument I may be committed to, though I do not see how a flying pink unicorn could be paradoxical. If my opponent could make a strong enough case to show that a flying pink unicorn is paradoxical (although I don't see how he could), I have a rebuttal awaiting that I think would be interesting enough. I will contend that when speaking literally we can very few times seriously say anything is impossible. In fact we can only really argue about probabilities. Most likely everyone would agree that there is probably no such thing as a flying pink unicorn, but probably most people would agree that there is a possibility that one exists. The flying pink unicorn has no paradoxical characteristics Probably the first thing we need to get out of the way. Let's look at the flying pink unicorns characteristics first. 1. Body and head of a horse 2. Has a horn on its forehead3. Is of or mostly the color pink 4. Has the ability to flyNone of these contradict each other. 1 is in harmony with 2-4. 2 is in harmony with 1 and 3-4 etc...I hope my opponent will concede this fact. Personal witness argument I will now submit the statement that I have seen a flying pink unicorn. My opponent cannot prove that I did not. It is not logically possible. To refute this my opponent would have to prove the following. 1. There is no possibility that I was not lying. 2. There is no possibility that I'm not crazy, and thus did not imagine it. My opponent cannot prove that it is impossible that I was not lying. How could he? If I saw a flying pink unicorn I would quite possibly make a debate like this. Therefore this debate might possibly have been the product from my actual personal experience, and not this testimony a product from this debate. There is no evidence that I am lying. And thus there is a possibility I am not. My opponent cannot prove that it is impossible that I did not imagine it. Zero evidence whatsoever for this as well. Judging from this debate and my other ones it is evident that I am not crazy. Infinite universe argument There are arguments that the universe is infinite. My opponent will I hope, concede the fact that the universe might be infinite. If the universe is infinite, as we will assume it is for now, that means there is an infinite amount of planets. An infinite amount of planets would mean an infinite possibility of life forms. An infinite possibility of life forms includes a flying pink unicorn. Syllogismised (yes I know that's not a proper word, but it should be!), it would be like this. 1. There is a possibility of the universe being infinite. 2. An infinite universe would mean an infinite amount of planets. 3. An infinite amount of planets would mean an infinite amount of possible lifeforms. 4. An infinite amount of possible life forms would include a flying pink unicorn. 5. It is possible that a flying pink unicorn exists. Defense of premises 1. There are scientific and philosophical arguments that points to the fact that the universe might be infinite.[2][3]. Polls also suggest a large amount of people believe it to be so.[4] Physicist Joseph Silk says that we do not know. That both an infinite and a finite universe are possible.[5] Therefore it is possibly infinite. 2. This makes perfect sense. The universe is made up of planets stars and other objects. If the universe is infinite than there would have to be an unlimited amount of stars and planets, no matter how mind boggling that might be. If we take a section of the universe and make a measurement of how many planets there are on average per square amount of space, then if we apply that average to an infinite universe, the amount of planets would be infinite. 3. This also makes perfect sense. Earth has life forms on it, thus we must assume there must be life forms on some other planets. Since the amount of planets might be infinite the amount of possible life forms might also be infinite. Even if there was only one in every one hundred or one thousand planets that contained life forms, an infinite universe would have an unlimited amount of planets and thus the ratio is irrelevant. 4. There is no contention in this premise I think. A flying pink unicorn is a life form therefore it would have to be included in a list of possible life forms. 5. This conclusion follows from the premises, meaning that the argument is valid. The conclusion and the premises are logical, and proven meaning that the argument is sound. If there is an infinite amount of possible life forms, and if a flying pink unicorn is a life form, than there is possibly a flying pink unicorn in existence. I have shown my argument to be both valid and sound, thus proving that a flying pink unicorn possibly exists. Cannot prove the non-existence of anythingMy final argument is that it is not possible to prove something does not exist. But what is my opponents burden? To prove that it can't possibly exist. In other words my opponent has to prove the non-existence of the flying pink unicorn in order to win this debate. A logically impossible thing to do. My opponent cannot prove his case. I hand it over to the con. Sources[1] http://www.debate.org......[2] http://www.thekeyboard.org.uk...... [3] http://www.ronpisaturo.com...... [4] http://vote.sparklit.com...... [5] http://www.esa.int...