Okay sure, using a numeral was a bad idea. http://i.imgur.com/YIS9f.jpg makes the same point without that contention.
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I like the link. The beauty of it is the third perspective we look at the square/circle from. When we back away and get a bigger perspective, we see at least a clearer representation on what's real.
this is a cylinder which implies that the circle is the perfect answer or the original answer the square still works it is just not as an accurate representation of the correct shape as the circle.
Using the numeral wasn't a bad idea, it was an example of a very common misconception. It didn't just explain the right thing in a wrong way. The memist took a perfect example to prove his point. S/he didn't want to argue the fact that it's possible to view a phenomenon from different points of view and justifiably come to different assumptions, but this "Let's agree to disagree" attitude when it comes to verifiable/falsifiable factual statements.
There is another image out there that shopws just how many perspectives can be created with a complex 3d object.http://imgur.com/gallery/1zZ6VSe. When you argue about the shadow the object casts you believe that the object is a square if the shadow is a square. What you percieve is not always the truth, and the answer is never as simple as you expect it to be.
Well, I can't find another link, but what I did google for was "imgur cylinder perspective meme"
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I just thought of Plato's reference to living in caves and only seeing the shadow of reality cast on the cave walls.
Not sure where to go with that right now, but it was interesting.
Maybe the guy who wrote it wasn't standing up or down maybe he was standing left or right ...in the desert, maybe even he doesn't know what he wrote.. If he was rihgthanded you can see, if the circle is thicker and "neck" of the number is thinner it's 9, but, I'm lefthanded, I write 9 from bottom up, just like 6 upside down . Anyhow even if it's in a desert, you have experts who can find out 1000000 things from one written letter. It's same with everything else. You have experts.
So climate change doesn't happen for sure and weed for sure has no harmful side-effects? Sure this is what you mean?
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Example: in one person's opinion, black people should not be allowed in their hotel.
The Supreme Court decided to not respect that opinion, based on the fact that it was discriminatory and a violation of the Constitution.
Do we need to respect all opinions?
(I'm just playing devil's advocate, by the way.)
Opinions are like assholes, you know the rest, right? That was never different. What has changed though is that people honestly believe a couple minutes google research makes their opinion as valid as an experts opinion. That probably came with the participation medals and shit like that.
Not sure where to go with that right now, but it was interesting.
The Supreme Court decided to not respect that opinion, based on the fact that it was discriminatory and a violation of the Constitution.
Do we need to respect all opinions?
(I'm just playing devil's advocate, by the way.)