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RexT
07 May 2010, 01:43 AM
Is stating that "There are no absolutes" an absolute statement?
rog
07 May 2010, 01:45 AM
Is stating that "There are no absolutes" an absolute statement?

Good paradox.
RexT
07 May 2010, 02:57 AM
Yes, a paradox. :)

But it could be that one thing is absolute, that no real thing is absolute. So the absolute thing is not a real thing, but an idea.
rog
07 May 2010, 03:07 AM
Yes, a paradox. :)

But it could be that one thing is absolute, that no real thing is absolute. So the absolute thing is not a real thing, but an idea.

It could just be bollocks :)

On another day I would have a better argument.
RexT
07 May 2010, 03:37 AM
Yes, it could be bullocks. :)

Well, I hope your best days are not all behind you.

I hope someone will tell us whether there is anything absolute. I for one have much doubt that there is an absolute. Maybe death is absolute.
rog
07 May 2010, 04:09 AM
Well, I hope your best days are not all behind you.


I'd have to die from something predictable to know that; my best guess is that there is a 50% chance, give or take a bit, that absolutes exist.
Rie
07 May 2010, 04:41 AM
It is an absolutely absolute statement IMHO.