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Kevin Goff has been (unfairly?) Banned - Week Two
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14/01/2009 12:00:45
 
 
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14/01/2009 11:20:07
Walter Meester
HoogkarspelNetherlands
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>>>>>>>>>Facts != Truth
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Hmm. So something can be a fact but not true?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>A set of facts, each individually true, may not sum up to the "truth".
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Can you give an example ?
>>>>>
>>>>>Fact: Israel has been bombing the Gaza
>>>>>Fact: Those bombs have killed children
>>>>>
>>>>>What's the truth: Israel is a country of monsters who bomb the Gaza in order to kill children?
>>>>>
>>>>>Unless you have all the facts (and whoever does?), the facts you have don't necessarily add up to 'truth'.
>>>>
>>>>I fail to understand your argument (unless,of course, you are claiming that the third statement is the 'truth')
>>>
>>>The truth is the conclusion of ALL the facts and not just a few. But as stated before, who has all the facts ?
>>
>>It would depend on the truth you were seeking.
>>But no argument with that. It just means that without all the facts all you have is supposition.
>>If the known facts do not contradict it then it may be the truth.
>>If one fact does then it cannot be the truth.
>
>It is just like with statistics, you can make it lie any way you want by in and excluding the facts to support your thesis.

I take your point. But, as you yourself state, this is a 'thesis' not a truth.
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