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Whose opinion do you trust most? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 1 point 3 months ago (10 children)

I don't trust opinions, just facts.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

    You don't need to trust facts.
    That's what makes them facts.

    Additionally, facts don't tell you anything about anything, outside the fact itself. The sun rose yesterday. It rose today. It doesn't automatically follow the sun will rise again tomorrow. That's speculation, based on interpretative pattern recognition. Or to put it another way: "That's just, like, your opinion man."

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Whose facts do you trust the most then? After all - there aren't that many of them for which a universal consensus among even credible scientists exists. Most facts aren't the absolute truth anyway but rather just our best current understanding.

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