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A comment on Ask HN: What are some absolute truths that exist independently?.

Re:Ask HN: What are some absolute truths that exist independ... by bell-cot on Friday January 28, 2022 @05:21PM (#30121258)
What sorts of facts might you mean? "2 + 2 = 4"? "This universe is all that physically exists"? Conservation of energy? Moral or theological assertions?
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Re:Ask HN: What are some absolute truths that exist independ... by acqbu on Saturday January 29, 2022 @03:08PM (#30129873)
I guess I am mostly referring to mathematical facts. Not sure about the rest. For example 2 + 2 would always equal 4, regardless of whether the world/all matter ceases to exist.
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