Re:Cognitive ability is a powerful predictor of political to...
by svnt on Sunday December 04, 2022 @12:38PM
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Define truth, though.
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Re:Cognitive ability is a powerful predictor of political to...
by syzarian on Sunday December 04, 2022 @01:39PM
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In every language with a finite number of words there must be words that are not definable in terms of simpler words/concepts. Perhaps you’ve stumbled upon such a word with “truth”. I think it is obvious to most people reading what I wrote that what is meant though.
Re:Cognitive ability is a powerful predictor of political to...
by lovemenot on Sunday December 04, 2022 @07:29PM
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I suspect your parent intended to imply that in practice "truth" is largely socially-generated. So your objective definition would be moot.
Not that I'd necessarily agree, its just an interpretation.
Re:Cognitive ability is a powerful predictor of political to...
by Godel_unicode on Sunday December 04, 2022 @09:21PM
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A linguistic extension of godels second incompleteness theorem? Interesting.
Re:Cognitive ability is a powerful predictor of political to...
by Godel_unicode on Sunday December 04, 2022 @09:31PM
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The truth is the set of things which are true.