• There Are No Facts. Only Opinions. .
    Reality exists. Probably. Even if it doesn't, we may as well assume it does. I mean if a car is barreling down at me at 60 mph, I'm going to get out of the way.

    But the moment a human talks about reality, they're just expressing their opinion. When they say "fact," what they mean is "an opinion I'm really confident about."

    About AI, dunno. Still thinking about it, but it depends on how the AI was programmed.
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    It's not. But the moment you talk about it, it's an opinion.
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    I guess what I'm really going for is that there are no facts independent of human experience because the very definition of "fact" requires a person to define it.
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    [How do you edit previous posts?]

    Main point: facts do not exist independent of humans. For example, if there are no humans, the Earth might still circle the sun. But without humans, there would be no "facts" regarding the Earth circling the Sun as there would be no one to think or state these "facts."
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    It's my opinion that it's my opinion.
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    Here's a short summary:

    1. In order to establish a fact, you have to, you know, state it.
    2. But the moment you state it, you're expressing an opinion. Perhaps the Earth does circle the Sun, but the moment anyone claims it to be true, they're expressing an opinion.