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How about: maybe some things lie outside of the purview of empiricism and materialism, the belief in which does not radically impact one's behavior so long as they have a decent moral compass otherwise, can be taken on faith, and "proving" it does exist or doesn't exist is a pointless argument, since it exists outside of that ontological system.
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> maybe some things lie outside of the purview of empiricism and materialism

Maybe? So your whole premise is based on a maybe! It was a simple question, don't know where or how morality and behavior comes into play..

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It's much harder to prove the non-existence of something than the existence.
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The question wasn't about which is harder, it was asking for proof.
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Just show the concept either is not where it is claimed to be or that it is incoherent.
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I say this as someone who believes in a higher being, we have played this game before, the ethereal thing can just move to someplace science can’t get to, it is not really a valid argument for existence.
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what argument?
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The burden of proof lies on those who say it exists, not the other way around.
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The burden of proof lies on whoever wants to convince someone else of something. in this case the guy that wants to convince people it likely is not real.
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The original poster stated

> "The human brain is mutable, the human "soul" is a concept thats not proven yet and likely isn't real."

The soul is "a concept that's not proven yet." It's unproven because there's no convincing evidence for the proposition. By definition, in the absence of convincing evidence, the null hypothesis of any proposition is presumed to be more likely. The presumed likelihood of the null hypothesis is not a positive assertion which creates a burden of proof. It's the presumed default state of all possible propositions - even those yet to be imagined.

In other words, pointing out 'absence of evidence' is not asserting 'evidence of absence'. See: Russell's Teapot and Sagan's Dragon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot)

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Do you exist?
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Before we start discussing whether it's "real" can we all agree on what it "is"? I doubt it.
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We can't even agree on what "is" is...
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