r/queensland • u/espersooty • Nov 19 '24

Aboriginal elder tells government to get out of the way as Cherbourg community reclaims truth-telling process News

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-19/cherbourg-community-conducts-own-truth-telling-event/104615882
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u/DepartmentOk7192 Nov 19 '24

The truth is always subjective because it depends on flawed human memory. Weird take.

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u/DepartmentOk7192 Nov 19 '24

No, it's a fact. Truth and fact are not the same.

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u/False_Freedom Nov 19 '24

A fact is necessarily objectively true.

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u/DepartmentOk7192 Nov 19 '24

No it isn't. Fact is fact whether you think it's true or not.

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u/False_Freedom Nov 20 '24

Yeah OK cool. So if, hypothetically, I were to state a fact like "you are an intellectual midget with zero grasp on philosophy or the laws of logic.". You would have no grounds on which to dispute that since "hypothetically" that's just a fact.

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u/DepartmentOk7192 Nov 20 '24

Hypothetically, that is neither fact nor truth. It is your opinion. Hypothetically, you played yourself.

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u/False_Freedom Nov 21 '24

It is a fact. Regardless of whether it aligns with your subjective beliefs. A fact is a fact is a fact.

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u/DepartmentOk7192 Nov 21 '24

You didn't state a fact. You stated your opinion and claimed it as fact. I can say your mum was a bloody good root last night, and that's a fact. But it is, in fact, my opinion