Talk:Steel Soul/@comment-24087318-20140804010530/@comment-24087318-20140804023501

But you can't use the absence of something to argue that it *could* exist because we havn't seen evidence that says it *doesn't*, that's a logical fallacy. We also don't know to what extent Huntsmen/Huntresses are used as soldiers. It could literally be any role, and because of the current settings peacetime, they're only used for Grimm control and internal policing, but they could easily be brought to the front lines as soon as war happens.

Guns are a thing, yes, as are most staples of technology both factual and ficticious like incredibly large airships. But for the first of that list it's also confirmed Dust is used in at least some forms of ammunition as well, due to its combustable properties  (Chapter 2 Episode 1, Roman mentioning "Dust Rounds"). Dust can even create Electricity, Fire, Ice, and likely many, many more things. It's fully possible that just as much as there could be a hydroelectric turbine or ten, some cities and vehicles are powered by Dust consuming reactors, or maybe even just regular old petrol. Multiple possible sources, Dust is one of them. Only evidence is that ever since its discovery, it's become a staple of civilization in the RWBY world, and was a key piece in fighting back the Grimm when that was humanities only threat. But since we have no proper evidence to many of that, it's all speculation.

Again, it's foolhardy to try and say that because we can't confirm something like Elysianium doesn't exist, that it could exist. The lack of proof against a concept is not proof for it.