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by bryananderson 1288 days ago
Well, we’re kind of getting into word-games that I’m not sure are that meaningful, but I was thinking of the statement “the best flavor of ice cream is chocolate” where “best” means something like “the one that brings the most joy/utility/hedonic units/whatever.” I say it’s a truth rather than an opinion because it might well be testable in some way, such as by monitoring pleasure centers in my brain—but I say it’s subjective because that truth only has me-scope, not global scope. We’ve all met that person who stubbornly insists that the best flavor of ice cream (or whatever) for them must be the best for everyone, and somehow doesn’t grasp that others’ subjective experiences are different. That’s what I mean by subjective vs. objective truth.