Why “fact” is being discussed
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Humans live in a world made of symbols. A sign, in this case a map, carries much more than its literal meaning. It is loaded with context, connotation, and even myths. Maps are…
by dekervin · Sep 11, 2026
No. The point is that the goal (slick native apps) isn't blocked by the fact that it needs more code.
by IshKebab · Sep 11, 2026
My hyperfixation(s) aside, I feel like it's a good representation of all tech non-profits backed by for-profits. The "Elektronika 60" button causes an HTTP/2 frame error. F…
by dmwpnski · Sep 11, 2026
Yes, a shared understanding of the rules. Common context. Culture. There are in fact expectations of your behavior and that is not a bad thing, despite western popular culture a…
by fc417fc802 · Sep 11, 2026
> If the author didn't conspicuously omit the absence of shame in journalism They awarded themselves Pulitzers for publishing false stories. They don't go back and correct them,…
by pessimizer · Sep 11, 2026
Why are we glossing over the fact that it's all trained on stolen code, stolen art, stolen books? It's unethical to use it, it's unethical to take money for it. It should be eit…
by czpl · Sep 11, 2026
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A fact is a true datum about one or more aspects of a circumstance, or an occurrence in the real world. Standard reference works are often used to check facts. Scientific facts are verified by careful, repeatable observation or measurement by experiments or other means. After accounts of knowledge of facts such as that in 2002 by epistemologist Angelika Kratzer being applied to Gettier problems, according to Paul Boghossian, the Enlightenment-era consensus justified true belief definition of knowledge in which knowledge encompasses facts is the "standard, widely accepted" one, though with Bernecker and Dretske (2000) arguing that "no epistemologist since Gettier has seriously and successfully defended the traditional view." This is despite wide, though not universal, agreement among analytic philosophers that the first two criteria of the definition are correct, i.e., that knowledge implies an agent accepting a true proposition. Read more on Wikipedia