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Kevin Goff has been (unfairly?) Banned - Week Two
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14/01/2009 16:34:11
 
 
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Politics
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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 ?
>
>The blind men and the elephant.
>
>You're conflating a set of facts with a single fact. You're right, that any single fact is true. But, a set of facts may not add up to a complete "truth" - they may be shown to be "half-truths".

Everyone seems to be putting 'truth' in quotes!
And what on earth is a 'half-truth'. Do two of them make a 'truth' or a quarter truth? Is there a such a thing as a quarter-truth?

And if a set of facts do not provide a definitive conclusion then the conclusion reached is not 'truth'.
Arrrggggg. Done it myself now.......... :-}
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