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'Facts' based on citations that no longer exist, or if they do exist, they remain on Archive.org's Wayback Machine. And then when you visit the resource in question, the author is not credible enough to be believed and their 'facts' are on shaky ground. It's turtles all the way down.

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I question the sentiment. I think people CAN argue the basis of a fact, however, being pragmatic and holistic can help provide some understanding. Truth is always relative and always has been. However, the human perspective holds real, tangible, recordable, and testable evidence. We rely on the multitude of perspectives to fully flesh out reality and determine the details and TRUTH of reality at multiple scales. The value of diverse human perspectives is similar to the value of perceiving an idea, concept, or object at different scale.

sounds like algorithmicly solvable problem..

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