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===Similar=== A variation is the phrase "elephant in the corner" which is infrequently used to the same effect.<ref>[http://aapnews.aappublications.org/cgi/content/citation/aapnews.20100508-4v1 "‘Elephant in the corner of the living room’: Discrimination common, associated with depression among minority children,"] ''AAPNews'' ([[American Academy of Pediatrics]]). 8 May 2010; O'Connor, P. (2008) [http://ulir.ul.ie/handle/10344/412 "The Elephant in the Corner: Gender and Policies Related to Higher Education,"] ''Administration'' [Institute of Public Administration of Ireland] 56(1), pp. 85-110.</ref> Logician and philosopher [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]] used an example of a rhinoceros in the room to show either the impossibility of disproving negative existential statements or perhaps a more subtle philosophical point.<ref>MacDonald, JF (1993) [http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/index.php?act=refs&CODE=note_detail&id=1165251908 "Russel, Wittgenstein and the problem of the rhinoceros"] ''Southern Journal of Philosophy'' 31(4) 409-24.</ref>
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