On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompm...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 6:30:47 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote: >> Redirecting to python-list as I don't believe this belongs on -ideas. >> >> On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 10:09 PM, Sven R. Kunze wrote: >> > You might have heard of: "There are no such things as facts, just opinions. >> > Everything, we see is a perspective not the truth." See below, why this >> > applies here as well. >> >> Yes, I've heard that. It is false. >> >> Some things are absolute hard facts. There is no way in which 1 will >> ever be greater than 2, ergo "1 is less than 2" is strictly true, and >> not a matter of opinion. If you hear someone trying to claim >> otherwise, would you let him have his opinion, or would you treat it >> as incorrect? > > Just saw this [No its not exactly consistent with my earlier view!] > > “How much is 2 and 2?” > Everyone gave the answer except the accountant. > When everyone left, he dimmed the light and whispered in my ear “How much do > you want?”
And we laugh, because the accountant is offering to flat-out lie. We know full well that he's not telling the truth. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
