Look. I'm going to be really, really basic and simple with this. So you don't confuse yourself any further. The baseline [i]is[/i] that (Object/incident/action of interest) [i]does not exist/has not happened in the world[/i]. Period. The end. The baseline is that [i]it[/i] simply [i]is not a thing at all, [/i] whatever [i]it[/i] happens to be. That is the baseline. Not (Object/incident/action of interest) [i]might not[/i] exist or have happened. Empirical Proof does not deal in "Maybe" or "what if" or "perhaps". It deals in absolutes. In concretes. So to put it out there, one last time. The baseline is that the Positive absolutely and beyond a reasonable doubt does not exist nor has it occurred in our world. And the one with the burden of proof must prove [i]beyond a reasonable doubt[/i] that the Positive, does in fact exist and has occurred in the world.