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At what point does one believe that facts are important?

Flinty recently started a topic regarding the teenager that possessed a huge number of .............. what?

This is not a critique of Flinty. It is an examination of the critical reading skills and thoughts of my fellow Toledoans.

Was Flinty's post about a teen that HAD committed crimes, or was Flinty writing of a teen that SEEMED to be EQUIPPED to commit crimes? Which one had $5,000.00 of ..... something or another?

Did this situation develop in Cleveland, Ohio? Did this situation develop in Norristown, Pennsylvania?

Was it in Ohio that a 'huge' cache of firearms were discovered? Was it in Pennsylvania that a 'huge' cache of firearms were discovered?

Was it a 'huge' cache of firearms? Was it a 'huge' number of ..... airguns? .... paint-ball guns? Am I cutting fine lines? Are they all equally dangerous?

What was discovered and where was it discovered?

The quantity of information available to those alive today is substantially greater than that of our forefathers. The quality of information available to those alive today is no better than that of our forefathers. I believe that the common wisdom is to believe none of what we hear and half of what we see. How does one regard the information which is read?

At what point does one believe that facts are important?

I understand that I have presented many questions. Please have the patience to respond to each one; your effort is valued. If you find that a given question is invalid, please convey the reason WHY the question is invalid.

created by AirTrainer on Oct 17, 2007 at 10:59:03 pm     Comments: 2

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Facts are important when they correspond to existing beliefs, otherwise they're just inconvenient trivia.

posted by charlatan on Oct 18, 2007 at 11:30:51 am     #



“It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than to believe a fact that no one has heard before.” -- Anonymous

“The truth is more important than the facts.” -- Frank Lloyd Wright

“We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions.” -- Jessamyn West

"If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts." -- Albert Einstein

"The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion." -- Arnold Glasgow

"Practical politics consists of ignoring facts." -- Henry Adams

"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please." -- Mark Twain

"There are no facts, only interpretations." -- Friedrich Nietzsche

posted by Hulkster on Oct 18, 2007 at 12:46:52 pm     #