Originally Posted by
Pug
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Truths do exist. It's facts that don't-actually
cannot exist.
I'll explain [before the overwhelming incoming cascade of abuse arrives]
A truth is established,is verified,is relevant and is valued as exactly that-a truth.
A 'fact' is a scientific term given to any scenario that cannot be contested at the time.
However-as science progresses and knowledge/understanding expands,facts can very easily be either disproved or shown to be 'factual' in theory only.
Whereas a truth is an established entity,rooted deeply into a solidity that neither time nor investigation,be that investigation scientific in mode or moralistic in base,can change.
For instance:-it's a truth that there are more stars in this galaxy alone,than there are molecules in a pint of water. Not a fact-a truth.
BUT:-it's a fact that Mount Everest is the highest mountain on this planet.
However,this 'fact',so well-known to all,is actually incorrect...ie;an inaccuracy. Mount Chimborazo,in Ecuador-a mountain few have ever even heard of,actually holds that title. Y'see,Mount Everest is the highest peak
above sea level. Ahhh...but yes,it's a truth. NOT a fact-a truth.
Not a fact why? you ask....well,the answer is,Chimborano is the highest peak above the centre of the Earth. NOT above sea level...but above the centre of the planet it's on. A simple
fact,is that Everest is the highest peak
above sea-level.....so far. But-give this planet a few millennium of tectonic shifting/climate changing-and that ''
is'',can and mostly likely will, become ''used to be''. See?