What would be some fact that, while true, could be told in a context or way that is misinfomating or make the other person draw incorrect conclusions?

  • JackGreenEarth@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Facts are just objective statements, which can be either true or false, but whichever they are it is objective and not dependant on the observer.

    I mean, it’s a semantic argument, and semantics is subjective, but that’s probably how the people who say ‘true fact’ are defining fact.

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      1 year ago

      No, a statement can be true or false. A fact is always true.

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          No it’s not or we’ll bicker over every word and square could mean triangle. We have agreed upon word definitions. That’s part of a language.

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              1 year ago

              That doesn’t mean that word definitions are absolutely not arbitrary nor subjective. They are agreed upon in a civilization at any given time. I don’t have to deal with anything.