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by jeremyt 1082 days ago
You're exactly right. Making an objective claim that everything is relative is a performative contradiction...which is why the relativists are wrong. The objectivists are also wrong.

The truth is somewhere in the middle...which is why nobody has won the argument yet.

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> > So you have to approach the conclusion obliquely at best.

> Making an objective claim that everything is relative is a performative contradiction...which is why the relativists are wrong.

Which is maybe why they approach the conclusion obliquely at best. If you state the conclusion clearly, the contradiction is clearly apparent.