Arkouda@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agoHow much data do you require before you accept something as "fact"?message-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down13
arrow-up152arrow-down1message-squareHow much data do you require before you accept something as "fact"?Arkouda@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareuntakenusername@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·26 days ago 2+2 is a fact In some sense, if every single human thought that 2+2 equaled 5, it would become true (I’m not smart enough to come up with this lol, got it from Orwell’s 1984)
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·26 days agoIt doesn’t even require belief. 2+2=5 for sufficiently large values of 2. While a facetious statement in general, it is factual if those values derive from rounding. Significant Digits must be maintained.
In some sense, if every single human thought that 2+2 equaled 5, it would become true
(I’m not smart enough to come up with this lol, got it from Orwell’s 1984)
It doesn’t even require belief.
2+2=5 for sufficiently large values of 2.
While a facetious statement in general, it is factual if those values derive from rounding. Significant Digits must be maintained.