top | item 41804684 (no title) deadmutex | 1 year ago Future can be 6 days from now or 6 centuries from now. This statement is useless without specific details. discuss order hn newest readthenotes1|1 year ago But by providing such details the statement goes from unknowable to unknown and potentially verifiable at some point.Avoiding falsifiable statements is a skill set that might be worth having in your communications toolkit.(I remember reading that some philosophy school had {True, false, unknown, unknowable} but, alas, cannot find any reference to that just now) rational_indian|1 year ago LOL. So you want everyone to become skillful in using weasel words? Spoken like a true weasel. load replies (1)
readthenotes1|1 year ago But by providing such details the statement goes from unknowable to unknown and potentially verifiable at some point.Avoiding falsifiable statements is a skill set that might be worth having in your communications toolkit.(I remember reading that some philosophy school had {True, false, unknown, unknowable} but, alas, cannot find any reference to that just now) rational_indian|1 year ago LOL. So you want everyone to become skillful in using weasel words? Spoken like a true weasel. load replies (1)
rational_indian|1 year ago LOL. So you want everyone to become skillful in using weasel words? Spoken like a true weasel. load replies (1)
readthenotes1|1 year ago
Avoiding falsifiable statements is a skill set that might be worth having in your communications toolkit.
(I remember reading that some philosophy school had {True, false, unknown, unknowable} but, alas, cannot find any reference to that just now)
rational_indian|1 year ago