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tenuousemphasis says>"Is that a fact, or opinion?" I'll muddy the waters here: neither, it is a belief. I prefer to avoid the term "fact" b/c it leads to too
by giardini 5y ago
tenuousemphasis says>"Is that a fact, or opinion?"
I'll muddy the waters here: neither, it is a belief.
I prefer to avoid the term "fact" b/c it leads to too many arguments, just as is happening here. Rather than "facts" we have beliefs and some things we believe more than others.
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"...in this analysis we shall approximate the horse by a sphere of radius r..."
- physicist's monologue in joke about racehorses, engineers, chemists and physicists.
- dragonwriter 5y agoThat... dodges the question. One may have a belief on a question of fact or one of opinion. > I prefer to avoid the term "fact" b/c it leads to too many arguments Arguments are not a bad thing. Avoiding them by muddying language is a bad thing.