Quote (Skinned @ Oct 17 2017 06:41am)

Truth is the social construct.

I doubt anybody here can give a coherant definition of the word truth without some gaps. Or without using the word to define itself like a tautology

Quote (Ghot @ 17 Oct 2017 12:41)

Skinned and Thor have been playing with dictionaries and books again.

Quote (Saucisson6000 @ Oct 17 2017 07:57am)

Says the genius that copy pasta definition at the end of his post.

"Truth" is relative, get over it, kid :lol:

Quote (Ghot @ Oct 17 2017 05:41am)

Truth is NOT a social construct. Truth exists outside of social constructs.

Skinned and Thor have been playing with dictionaries and books again. Must feel really weird for folks reared in the internet age. :)

/e Cracks me up.

Merriam Websters definition of truth...




Definition of truth
plural truths play \ˈtrüt͟hz, ˈtrüths\
1 a (1) :the body of real things, events, and facts :actuality
(2) :the state of being the case :fact
(3) often capitalized :a transcendent fundamental or spiritual reality
b :a judgment, proposition, or idea that is true or accepted as true

truths of thermodynamics

c :the body of true statements and propositions
2 a :the property (as of a statement) of being in accord with fact or reality
b chiefly British :true 2
c :fidelity to an original or to a standard
3 a :sincerity in action, character, and utterance
b archaic :fidelity, constancy
4 capitalized, Christian Science :god


definition a. minus a sub (3) anyway...is correct, the rest are social constructs.

Quote (Thor123422 @ Oct 17 2017 08:11am)

How can you determine what is real with zero uncertainty?

Quote (Ghot @ Oct 17 2017 06:16am)

No one can determine some things are real with absolute certainty. Like religion for example.
But the fact that the Earth generates a gravitational field, is TRUE, with absolute certainty.

Just because folks come along and butcher words and definitions as time marches onward, doesn't mean they were justified in doing so.

Like saying someone is "left" or "right" in politics...IS a social construct. But it's not TRUE. Or do all left leaning politicians have to....stand on the left?

/e This is one of the reasons I HATE labels. They don't increase understanding, they obscure it.

Quote (Thor123422 @ Oct 17 2017 08:30am)

I don't think the Earth generating a gravitational field is true with absolute certainty.

Fields don't really exist, they are just abstractions we use to make dealing with phenomena easier. A field is not a fact, it's a convenient model to ignore the interactions of individual gravitons.

Quote (Ghot @ Oct 17 2017 06:32am)

W/e. If I drop you naked out of a plane, you can argue that....all the way down. :D