Ask HN: Is Everything Subjective?

Re:Ask HN: Is Everything Subjective? by lcrc123 on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @09:44AM (#20695477)

I would say yes. Everything is not black and white and many things can be interpreted differently. That being said, I'm sure there are some arguments that could be made against this claim that not everything is subjective just to play devils advocate.

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Re:Ask HN: Is Everything Subjective? by 37 on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @11:00AM (#20696237)

For example, what about the statement "2+2=4" or "Humans require oxygen to breathe"? To me, these seem inherently objective...

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Re:Ask HN: Is Everything Subjective? by jolmg on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @01:05PM (#20697539)

> "2+2=4"

  $ ruby -e 'puts(ARGV.first + ARGV.last)' 2 2
  22

Also, if we're using base-3 numbers, it's actually 2+2=11. If we use base-4 numbers, it'd be 2+2=10.

There's also the cases explained here:

http://virgil.azwestern.edu/~dag/lol/TwoPlusTwo.html

> "Humans require oxygen to breathe"

"breathe" is defined as:

> To inhale and exhale air using the lungs.

You can do that without oxygen. You might not live very long, but you can breathe.

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