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Topic	How do people still believe in religion in 2017
Tropic_Sunset 07/17/17 8:57:55 PM #55:	Lokarin posted... Tropic_Sunset posted... Lokarin posted... However, there are things that are both facts and opinions, such as "George Washington was the first president of the United States" That is just a fact. You might have an opinion explaining why another person was functionally president prior to George Washington, but the fact is that no one was president of the US prior to him. https://www.philosophersmag.com/essays/26-the-fact-opinion-distinction Okay, I'm way too drunk to do anything but skim this, so correct me if I'm wildly off base. What someone considers a personal fact is irrelevant because it it still an opinion. Flat-earthers do not only consider something fact, they have opinion that disagrees with fact, this is an important distinction. Opinion does not override provable fact. Ever. There are some nebulous concepts that blur the two, but thinking the earth is flat is not one of them. Even if current universal models are wrong, flat-earthers have utterly failed beyond "gravity isn't real". We can prove George Washington was the first elected president. We can prove the earth is not flat. Having opinions to the contrary doesn't make you a contrarian, it makes you a dumbass. --- "Nostalgia is a hell of a drug." -Magus 10 <cite>Tropic_Sunset posted [p:883107086] in How do peo... [t:75573553]...</cite> <quote><cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Tropic_Sunset posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote>However, there are things that are both facts and opinions, such as "George Washington was the first president of the United States" </quote> That is just a fact. You might have an opinion explaining why another person was functionally president prior to George Washington, but the fact is that no one was president of the US prior to him.</quote> https://www.philosophersmag.com/essays/26-the-fact-opinion-distinction</quote> Okay, I'm way too drunk to do anything but skim this, so correct me if I'm wildly off base. What someone considers a personal fact is irrelevant because it it still an opinion. Flat-earthers do not only consider something fact, they have opinion that disagrees with fact, this is an important distinction. Opinion does not override provable fact. Ever. There are some nebulous concepts that blur the two, but thinking the earth is flat is not one of them. Even if current universal models are wrong, flat-earthers have utterly failed beyond "gravity isn't real". We can prove George Washington was the first elected president. We can prove the earth is not flat. Having opinions to the contrary doesn't make you a contrarian, it makes you a dumbass. --- "Nostalgia is a hell of a drug." -Magus 10</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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