@soapjackal @St_Rev And what's meant by 'myth' in this context?
@autonomousHBD @soapjackal VERY little knowledge about the natural world fits this structure but almost all human talk does.
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@soapjackal Theorems are about a state of affairs that one would like to be true but is not immediately accessible. -
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@soapjackal Establishing the truth is done by a series of steps (a journey) in which one examines ways the truth might fail.. -
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@soapjackal ...(opposition) and builds tools to understand and overcome these pitfalls. -
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@soapjackal There's a technical term for the more complex/technically classifiable kinds of obstacles: obstructions. -
@St_Rev@soapjackal Makes sense how knowledge is classified / established, but the means to disseminate on a mass scale while maintaining.. - 3 more replies
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@St_Rev@soapjackal Are you getting this definition from the literature? -
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@soapjackal I gave you my working definition, explicitly. Why do I need an appeal to authority? -
@St_Rev@soapjackal That's not what an appeal to authority is, but OK.
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@St_Rev@soapjackal Ideology, too, from your description.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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