Marcus Aurelius FACTCHECKED
Marcus Aurelius FACTCHECKED
Marcus Aurelius FACTCHECKED
The fact check is probably about the fact that Marcus Aurelius didn't say that.
Oh damn, actually fact checked, RIP
I mean, he's objectively wrong. Objective facts exist objectively. Jupiter had rings and 95 moons long before anyone ever knew either fact. The moon had ice long before anyone ever knew that. Mt. Erebus was a volcano in the Antarctic long before anyone stepped foot in the Antarctic.
The external universe literally exists; and so do facts.
Facts exist, but we can't ever be certain of them. We do not experience reality. We experience what our fleshy input devices capture and transmit to our brains; our brains invent "experience" based on those inputs.
I am certain of the fact that Mt. St. Helens is a volcano that exists. I am certain of the fact that it erupted prior to my existence upon this planet, and while I have never laid my own eyes upon this volcano, though not for lack of experience I remain certain of its existence based on the shared experiences and existences of millions of others, and the data they have accrued.
I get what you're saying with the whole "objective" part of objective reality; but it's not like you're going to mount a defense against the existence of Mt. St. Helens, right?
Nobody can be certain of anything ever and if they did they weren't im so smart
Lets start here, and then loop back on your statement.
I disagree but also agree with you — I think you and the quote are talking about slightly different things.
Facts do exist, but what you hear from others is still an opinion. Those opinions may align with facts or not, be better evidenced or less, but it is overwhelming evidence that allows us to confidently state a fact (and potentially still be wrong). I think he is correct because objective reality, while real, is observed through our imperfect understanding, senses, language, etc.
Except the number of Jupiter moons may not have always been the same so the current number is a point in time perspective.
Plus we may not have discovered them all yet. ;)
But those undiscovered moons exist nonetheless, if they do
Jupiter has a static number of moons in every time frame from every perspective.
How many depends when you ask, but the above statement is an objective truth.
But that we don't see the whole picture is also a truth. Figuratively as well as literally, since we only see a limited spectrum of light.
Every breath you take, I'll be watching you.
When you breathe, I’ll be the air for you.
I'm pretty sure this is a quote from a Steven Seagal movie. Can't remember the name, but he's a bad guy, maybe with a surprise twin brother at the end?
Is this just a bad translation?