Re: VMs: Re: Leo Levitov questions

[Elmar Vogt <elvogt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ronald Lorenzo wrote:
> 1 + 1 = 2 only in some systems of mathematics.  

No. If we're using the same nomenclature, it's always true. (Actually, it's 
more of a definition, but you get the idea -- the conclusions drawn from it 
will always hold true.)

Facts exist regardless of the names we give them. The terms we use for 
entities change nothing on those things. Just because you drop mute doesn't 
mean the things you can't name anymore will vanish.

> Facts are social constructs as well.  ...

Did it ever occur to you to discriminate between "theories", "statements", 
and "facts", between "true" and "false"?

> Cheers.
>
> - R. Lorenzo

If your thesis is to be interpreted as "All facts are subject to change due 
to the social constructs around them", then by the same token your very 
claim falls in this category. Which means it could or couldn't be true. 
Which in turn means, the statement is meaningless and I can safely ignore it.

	Elmar

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