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<blockquote data-quote="Rebecca12" data-source="post: 71017506" data-attributes="member: 343134"><p>Back up a bit. There is no such thing as "better facts" or facts that are not "good facts." Facts are facts. A fact is something that is indisputably the case. Sometimes you have enough facts to make some general conclusion about whether something is likely or not. Sometimes you have enough facts to develop a theory about those facts. Sometimes the weight of the evidence goes one way. Sometimes another. But the facts are still the facts. If something isn't the case, than it isn't a fact. It could be a lie or a mistake. Debate can be a terrible tool for discovery of facts and an effective tool at obfuscation. That is why a person who has a strong factual knowledge of a topic should not bother to debate someone who has plenty of unsupported opinions and who refuses to acknowledge facts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rebecca12, post: 71017506, member: 343134"] Back up a bit. There is no such thing as "better facts" or facts that are not "good facts." Facts are facts. A fact is something that is indisputably the case. Sometimes you have enough facts to make some general conclusion about whether something is likely or not. Sometimes you have enough facts to develop a theory about those facts. Sometimes the weight of the evidence goes one way. Sometimes another. But the facts are still the facts. If something isn't the case, than it isn't a fact. It could be a lie or a mistake. Debate can be a terrible tool for discovery of facts and an effective tool at obfuscation. That is why a person who has a strong factual knowledge of a topic should not bother to debate someone who has plenty of unsupported opinions and who refuses to acknowledge facts. [/QUOTE]
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