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100% correct, 80% correct lol. The thing is that truth/reality is not a thing that is resolvable. Not even the scientific method has this sort of expectation!

100% correct, 80% correct lol. The thing is that truth/reality is not a thing that is resolvable. Not even the scientific method has this sort of expectation! You can imagine getting close to those percentages, with regards to consensus opinion. That's just a question of educating people to respond appropriately.

mvdtnz 2y ago
No. Whether a person should eat a certain number of small rocks each day is not a matter of opinion, it's not a deep philosophical problem and it's not a question whose truth is not resolveable. You should not be eating rocks.
- verisimi 2y ago
  You choose such an edge case question - how about this sort of thing: Which is the best political party? Are the side effects to X medical treatment? I bet there are even cases when eating rocks is ok! PS It has been written about: https://www.atharjaber.com/works/writings/the-art-of-eating-rocks/ https://www.atharjaber.com/works/writings/the-art-of-eating-... > Lithophagia is a subset of geophagia and is a habit of eating pebbles or rocks. In the setting of famine and poverty, consuming earth matter may serve as an appetite suppressant or filler. Geophagia has also been recorded in patients with anorexia nervosa. However, this behavior is usually associated with pregnancy and iron deficiency. It is also linked to mental health conditions, including obsessive-compulsive disorder. Would you deny a starving person information on an appetite suppressant? Also here: https://www.remineralize.org/2017/05/craving-minerals-eating-rocks-why-do-animals-and-humans-eat-rock-dust/ https://www.remineralize.org/2017/05/craving-minerals-eating... > Aside from the capuchin monkeys, other animals have also been observed to demonstrate geophagy (“soil-eating”), including but not limited to: rodents, birds, elephants, pacas and other species of primates.[1] > Researchers found that the majority of geophagy cases involve the ingestion of clay-based soil, suggesting that the binding properties of clay help absorb toxins. ^^ The point being that even your edge case example is not unambiguously correct.
  - mvdtnz 2y ago
    Are you really going to start eating rocks just to convince yourself that Google's AI isn't shit and objective truth is not real?
    - verisimi 2y ago
      Lol! No, of course not. My point is that I object to the idea that a result can be 100% right! Even in the case of eating rocks, it seems there are times that it can be beneficial. To think '100% correct' is achievable is to misunderstand the nature of reality.
- fragmede 2y ago
  Really? No more salt for you then. Good luck with dehydration, hyponatremia, cramps, and cardiovascular issues.

mvdtnz 2y ago

No. Whether a person should eat a certain number of small rocks each day is not a matter of opinion, it's not a deep philosophical problem and it's not a question whose truth is not resolveable. You should not be eating rocks.

verisimi 2y ago
You choose such an edge case question - how about this sort of thing: Which is the best political party? Are the side effects to X medical treatment? I bet there are even cases when eating rocks is ok! PS It has been written about: https://www.atharjaber.com/works/writings/the-art-of-eating-rocks/ https://www.atharjaber.com/works/writings/the-art-of-eating-... > Lithophagia is a subset of geophagia and is a habit of eating pebbles or rocks. In the setting of famine and poverty, consuming earth matter may serve as an appetite suppressant or filler. Geophagia has also been recorded in patients with anorexia nervosa. However, this behavior is usually associated with pregnancy and iron deficiency. It is also linked to mental health conditions, including obsessive-compulsive disorder. Would you deny a starving person information on an appetite suppressant? Also here: https://www.remineralize.org/2017/05/craving-minerals-eating-rocks-why-do-animals-and-humans-eat-rock-dust/ https://www.remineralize.org/2017/05/craving-minerals-eating... > Aside from the capuchin monkeys, other animals have also been observed to demonstrate geophagy (“soil-eating”), including but not limited to: rodents, birds, elephants, pacas and other species of primates.[1] > Researchers found that the majority of geophagy cases involve the ingestion of clay-based soil, suggesting that the binding properties of clay help absorb toxins. ^^ The point being that even your edge case example is not unambiguously correct.
- mvdtnz 2y ago
  Are you really going to start eating rocks just to convince yourself that Google's AI isn't shit and objective truth is not real?
  - verisimi 2y ago
    Lol! No, of course not. My point is that I object to the idea that a result can be 100% right! Even in the case of eating rocks, it seems there are times that it can be beneficial. To think '100% correct' is achievable is to misunderstand the nature of reality.
fragmede 2y ago
Really? No more salt for you then. Good luck with dehydration, hyponatremia, cramps, and cardiovascular issues.