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0 pointsblueflow4y ago0 comments

He is exactly right. The universe as it is and how we humans perceive it are two different worlds. Many words that we consider "abstract" are made up and have no equivalent in the physical universe, but we still use them because it fulfills some purpose for us.

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tgv4y ago

> Many words that we consider "abstract" are made up

What have you been smoking? All words are made up. But that isn't related to the question fact vs interpretation at all. The word "Earth" is made up, your name is made up, "human" is made up, the air that you breathe is made up, yet you are (most likely) a human on Earth, and you'd hate it if that air suddenly disappeared.

Anyway, the quote contradicts itself/reduces itself to ravings of a lunatic, so isn't worth taking seriously.

blueflowOP4y ago

"Earth", "Air" and "Human" are not abstract nouns because they have physical things we can match those words to.

Contrast that to abstract nouns like "truth", "danger" or "happiness", which are actually interpretations of something other. Statements using these tend to be opinions or non-verifiable. Fact-Checking doesn't work for them.

hunterb1234y ago

That supports what @tgv is saying, not the quote.

> "There are no facts, only interpretations.

Too absolute, some things are objective, some subjective.

Not everything is subjective, like he's implying.

The quote sounds deep, but it falls apart to 3rd grade reading comprehension.

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