| We don’t exactly agree, we just agree most of the time. |
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| For the example we are using, whether France is in Europe, it is very clear. E… |
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| What’s the difference between a door and a slab of wood? It depends if the slab … |
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| Wrong about what? We both agree on whether France is in Europe. Whether we ag… |
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| And in the real world, objects aren’t neatly divided into distinct categories. |
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| It's not a circular problem because people do not learn language by starting wi… |
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| If I was wrong, would we even be having this debate in the first place? |
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| What the definition means depends on what the words in the definition mean, whi… |
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| No, it's simple enough to clarify terms beforehand. Discussions where people a… |
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| Which definition someone used is probabilistic. Which answer is correct, base… |
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| All questions are different amounts of vague. |
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| It is a binary question. You've confused vague questions with degrees of truth… |
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| Which is what I’m saying, you can’t actually do that, you always have to guess … |
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| France isn’t in Europe or not in Europe based on how the terms are defined, bec… |
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| If you want to have a clear and productive conversation you need to make sure … |
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| My point is that binary questions often aren’t really binary. Is France in Euro… |
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| You said there are degrees of truth on the matter, and there are not. Truth is… |
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| We don’t all come up with a rigid definition for where France is, we just have a… |
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| The question we were discussing was whether it was binary. Defining all binar… |
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| I’m not confusing them. I never said France has a probability of being in North… |
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| You are confusing probability with semantics, and you clearly still don't under… |
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| Binary logic is just probabilistic logic whether the only probabilities are 100… |
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| The reason why I’m switching between degrees of truth and probability is because… |
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| We've all taken both kids of math. 5x5=25 and that's simply true 100%. If th… |
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| Say in one case a is 60% true and b is 50% true. Say in another case a is 60% l… |
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| Yes, and no one denied the distinction. What actually happened is that I said … |
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| Functionally, what would be the mathematical difference between a degree of tru… |
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| In mathematics usually there’s a discrete way of looking at things and a continu… |
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| No, I'm not resistant to probabilistic thinking and there are many questions th… |
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| You’re only resistant to this because it’s not the way you think about things. … |
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| And I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, I’m just saying, you gotta kinda go with … |
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| It really doesn't, because once you determine whether "in" means &quo… |
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| That doesn't make it probabilistic, because probabilistic question deal with l… |
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| You can define a term, but the definition consists of terms that have definition… |
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| Language is imprecise by nature. |
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| That is not a matter of percentage right/wrong. It's either right or wrong c… |
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| talk like that to any union floor man and he'll look at you funny, like what th… |
Gavin Newsome just had biden moment. (6 months old) |
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| If someone said, "France is a country in North America" most people wo… |
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| If you clearly define your terms then it stops being confusing. Does "in&… |
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| For example, some statements we accept as true "France is in Europe." … |
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| True and Truth are the same concept, the only difference is Truth is a noun an… |
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| I never said I don’t believe in truth. You can’t understand the difference betw… |
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| I said true and false are abstract concepts that don’t exist. Not everything is … |
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| https://minichan.net/topic/133191#reply_1419993 |
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| No I didn’t. |
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| You said you don't believe in truth, so what's the point? |
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| https://youtu.be/m8UrIrbXsrQ |
The modern right has a great grift. (6 months old) |
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| Like what even is this "eh truth? Do you believe in the truth? What is the … |
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| It just annoys me how you never ever say anything smart. |
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| I asked if your posts were the truth. I didn't ask if the truth was false or n… |
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