Prez wrote on Oct 14, 2024, 20:12:

Burrito of Peace wrote on Oct 14, 2024, 20:10:

Prez wrote on Oct 14, 2024, 20:01:
Arguing literalism to such a degree could make almost anything "technically" untrue. Technically the universe isn't infinite because it's rate of expansion could be measured, thus it can't be infinite otherwise it wouldn't have any where to expand to. I can appreciate a commitment to being meticulously factual in some cases but in polite society it tends to make you look more like a boorish snob than intelligent. If I was at a social function with a guy who said "Well TECHNICALLY..." after everything I said in a conversation I would be trying desperately to ditch him...

It's not "technically" untrue. It's factually untrue and we recorded the very facts ourselves.

The whole goddamned point of the scientific method is to clear the bullshit out of our heads that we thought was "true" when replicable evidence is presented to the contrary. It doesn't matter how we feel about it or whether it is politically or commercially expedient that we do/don't upend it. For fuck's sake, when I was growing up I was taught in school that photons were the fastest thing in the universe and nothing could escape a black hole. In 2024, I know that to be factually incorrect. It does not serve me well to stand on outdated and factually incorrect information. That's how you get people who think there's a secret cabal controlling hurricanes with a weather machine.

You're definitely missing my point. Sometimes you are too smart for your own good my friend.