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Re:Dark Matter Doesn't Exist by Koshkin on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @08:43PM (#32420262)
Theories, sure, but knowledge is not confined to theories, i.e. isn’t there positive knowledge, a.k.a. “facts”?
Re:Dark Matter Doesn't Exist by sega_sai on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @09:05PM (#32420401)
Yes there are facts. I.e. there is a particle called electron, there is a Sun, Cosmic Microwave background, Milky Way galaxy. I'd say those are facts. But I do think the boundary what's a 'fact' vs model/theory dependent statement can be different among different people.
Re:Dark Matter Doesn't Exist by myrryr on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @09:43PM (#32420649)
There are theories with super high levels of supporting evidence, so we treat them as true.

This isn't to say that is a bad thing, it is a great thing.

Re:Dark Matter Doesn't Exist by kubanczyk on Thursday August 11, 2022 @03:44AM (#32422692)
I treat them as true because they are true. I guess there is more than one definition of truth.

But I think what you mean that you treat some theories as axioms (temporarily, I hope). It's a great aid in thinking but a great source of confusion for newbies as well.

Re:Dark Matter Doesn't Exist by sethrin on Thursday August 11, 2022 @06:02PM (#32432321)
There are absolutely multiple definitions of truth. "1 + 1 = 2" is not true in the sense that "Paris is the capital of France" or "Water boils at 100C" are true.
Re:Dark Matter Doesn't Exist by tsimionescu on Thursday August 11, 2022 @01:12AM (#32421820)
Outside of mathematics, not really. Special relativity and QM proved that 300 year old "facts" were actually subtly wrong, for example.