CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agoSix in ten people want UK to re-join the European Unionomnisis.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1530
arrow-up1530external-linkSix in ten people want UK to re-join the European Unionomnisis.co.ukCAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square111fedilink
minus-squaredoctorfinlay@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·1 year agoYep, reading facts gets in the way of good old fashioned jingoism!
minus-squareThrowaway@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoThing is, not all facts are true. And once you think you’re being lied to, there’s little chance of being convinced otherwise.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoSomething someone claims as a fact could actually be a lie. Eg, “72% of statements people make on the internet are false” is false, but sounds like a fact to those unaware.
minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 year ago Thing is, not all facts are true. That seems to be contrary to the standard definition of “fact”. Perhaps you meant to say: People aren’t always right when they state something as fact.
minus-squareThrowaway@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoOkay, to be pedantic, “not all things presented as fact are true”
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWell that sure changes the message of your first comment…
Yep, reading facts gets in the way of good old fashioned jingoism!
Thing is, not all facts are true. And once you think you’re being lied to, there’s little chance of being convinced otherwise.
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Alternative facts!
Something someone claims as a fact could actually be a lie. Eg, “72% of statements people make on the internet are false” is false, but sounds like a fact to those unaware.
That seems to be contrary to the standard definition of “fact”. Perhaps you meant to say:
Okay, to be pedantic, “not all things presented as fact are true”
Well that sure changes the message of your first comment…