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By that argument, all knowledge and belief and fact is the aggregate of individual opinion, so nothing would be objective. More likely there is a continuum, an
by ChrisLomont 5y ago
By that argument, all knowledge and belief and fact is the aggregate of individual opinion, so nothing would be objective.
More likely there is a continuum, and more reputable places have more objective (and hence less subjective) output than less reputable places.
- aww_dang 5y agoConsider the contrast between these statements: "The Bureau of Labor Statistics is a reputable institution" "A triangle has three sides" "Governments, politicians and their bureaucrats are trustworthy" "Two parallel lines will never meet" http://steve-patterson.com/deduction-induction-and-axioms/ http://steve-patterson.com/deduction-induction-and-axioms/