Strictly fac­tual question

WikiLast edit: 25 May 2016 21:12 UTC by Eric Rogstad

A strict question of fact has an answer determined solely by the state of the material universe, and sufficiently straightforward math, in a clearly understandable way—none of our uncertainty about this question is about definitions, values, or viewpoints; we are just wondering which quarks go where.

Questions of strict fact:

Questions not yet of strict fact:

Why the second group aren’t yet questions of strict fact:

(*) At least, this is a straightforward question so long as we don’t poke too hard at the nature of what-if counterfactuals. In most real-life situations, the question “What happens if I turn on this blender with a fork inside?” is something that has a sufficiently straightforward material answer for us to say that it’s just a question of material facts.

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