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by lm28469 1204 days ago
Outside of maths and physics there is no such thing as factual truths
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mr_toad 1203 days ago
> Outside of maths and physics there is no such thing as factual truths

But that statement is neither, so it must be false…

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irrational 1204 days ago
Isn't there? I didn't attend MIT. That is a factual truth.
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derekp7 1204 days ago
Isn't MIT known for its math and physics?
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falcor84 1203 days ago
Well, technically, attending is about an object being in a particular position at a particular time, so physics.
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dragonwriter 1204 days ago
Maths has no factual truths, only logical truths. Physics has no more or less factual truths than any other branch of science.
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