Facts are unreliable. The thing I do know about facts, is that over time they change.
All facts are based on theories, that are based on other theories. And facts as such, is the strongest most accepted theories. If one of the theories that the theories of the theories are built on is flawed, the whole reasoning behind the last theory/fact becomes much weakened. The problem humanity has is our adaption of too many "certain" facts.
I do believe in different credibility of theories. And some things I assume as almost certainty.
Well a theory is a theory, and a fact, a fact, do you have some examples of these facts that are indeed just theories?
Way more culpable......
Clinton floundered hard with regard to OBL & AQ....
The Clinton administration had the opportunity to take OBL out of play....
EPIC FAIL!....:doh
I have never bought into the conceptualization of colors being relative our eyes and brains are structurally the same in their faculties, and the frequency of light that red occurs at is a constant. Red is red, even the faculties of lesser animals have the same structures as we do. (save insects who can see in infa-red).
Also a cat is aware of both fingers and that they both are there. It merely cannot interpret the codification of numbers into symbols it can differentiate between many and few.
What is this called again? Ontology?
Give me a list of 3 average general "facts" that you consider definete facts.
Taking it very far here.
Blood is red for example, if looking at the way the fact is built up is an explanation of human interpretation of reality and the indoctrination of the facts all through ones lives. We are told all our life what red is, but we have no certain proof that we interpret red the same way.
1+1 = 2 isnt really a fact, its a basic of human mathematical theory which is a human way of interpreting our take on logic. If an alien race met us, its not a fact they would more easily understand math than our written language or verbal language. Animals for example dont see 1 finger and another finger as two fingers, they dont think of it in that way. A superior intelligent species from humans could think of things in a completely different way an watch our mathematics as flawed and primitive, perhaps even completely illogical and wrong.
This is taking it very far I know, but even things like that...
Then start on something like Norway is the richest country in the world, and you have all kind of flaws built into that "fact".
Take something like, "its wrong to kill", is just an indoctrinated moral code of humans, perhaps its right to kill, who knows. I believe its wrong to kill, and the majority believes that, that doesnt make it a fact, even through people make it a fact.
Lets try some of your examples now.
Too much TV.
One is real, the other isn't.:mrgreen:
Perhaps you should start looking into opinions that differ from your own. I believe it could be healthy and serve you well.
Perhaps you should start looking into opinions that differ from your own. I believe it could be healthy and serve you well.
Sounds like Dr. Zeebra should write himself a prescription...
It would be interesting to see any of your opinions.. Ooh, I forgot, you dont have any. You just move around in threads with irrelevant comments that never touch the thread or OP :mrgreen:
"Red" is only a human word.
"1+1=2" a human concept.
Do you say that "insects sees in infra-red" as a fact? How do you know that?
Have you been an insect in part of your human life? Has anyone? Has anyone interpreted insect language and heard them say they see in infra red, after understand the concept of infra red as oppose to solid colours in the same way and interpreation as humans?
Prove to me that insects see in infra red. Prove to me it is a fact and not a theory.
Yes, I know John Wayne is real.
I'm sorry if you cant see an experiment to determine that insects see infared youre a doing-head.
Paint many fake flower with normal bandwidth colors
Paint a couple with infa-red
the insect always lands on the infa red ones.
case closed.
1+1=2 is not a human concept youre getting into whether or not mathematics is a human institution or a description of universal truths. There are oodles of pages to be written about what your talking about and the fact you don't know that worries me.
Was...real. How's the weather on the Death Star today?
I hope not, otherwise the Empire might be coming for us!!!
Mathematics isnt more logic than alphabeth.
Stop posting pictures like that, you'll put him into a psychosis.
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