Today’s Jesus and Mo, called “facts,” reveals that the pair know the epistemic weakness of the faiths they founded:
Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ FACTS
March 15, 2017 • 10:00 am
Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.
This one is a gem.
AIUI, this attitude (about politics, rather than religion) is what originally drove Colbert to coin the term ‘truthiness.’
I hope Trump sees this one…!
Not to mention all of Trump’s press assistants: Spicer, Conway, etc…
Reality is that which keeps biting you in the netherbits even when you pretend otherwise.
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Reality is that which, when you stop thinking about it, doesn’t go away. – old tagline
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It’s time to play, “The Truth” or consequences.
True fact: she turned me into a newt. The consequences? Well, I got better….
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No further lest you had over this fact: What is the air speed velocity of an unladen quail?
I use a ladle for chicken soup, not quail.
b&
“Fact” often means “fact statement”, or worse, “true fact statement”, but …
This really hits home on the Why Evolution is True website, named after the awesome book, Why Evolution is True. You never know how many out there are asking “But what if the truth isn’t factual?”
Facebook is putting warnings on fake stories? I don’t do facebook, but I guess that’s ok…seems like a daunting task.
I don’t see what the problem is. I apply the same rule to Facebook as I do to movies: all films are fiction unless there is strong independent evidence to corroborate them.
I don’t trust Facebook to verify the truth any more than I’d trust Twitter.
Look how often posts are deleted which are factual but express inconvenient truths.
Truth, on social media, is determined by who complains first and who complains the most.
I don’t think they do, non-FarceBooker though I am. When I saw this discussed, they were doing something like checking to see if the story was repeated on “respected” websites.