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→Belief vs. fact: Unstated assumption.
:Is it actually a ''fact'' to say "my computer is beige?" Under a different colored light (either artificial or a different colored star), the computer wouldn't be beige anymore. The "fact" that the computer is beige has changed, thus making it no longer a fact since facts never change. [[User:Jinxmchue|Jinxmchue]] 03:03, 5 August 2007 (EDT)
:Is it actually a ''fact'' to say "my computer is beige?" Under a different colored light (either artificial or a different colored star), the computer wouldn't be beige anymore. The "fact" that the computer is beige has changed, thus making it no longer a fact since facts never change. [[User:Jinxmchue|Jinxmchue]] 03:03, 5 August 2007 (EDT)
::Yes, it is a fact to say "my computer is beige". Any statement assumes a context of some sort, and the context of describing the colour of something assumes that it is being described in the presence of white light. You have only demonstrated the "fact" to be incorrect by changing an unstated assumption of the original claim, but the original claim, in the context in which it was intended, is still correct, and thus "factual". [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 10:06, 5 August 2007 (EDT)
Is someone gonna remove the "the Earth is actually flat part"?
Is someone gonna remove the "the Earth is actually flat part"?