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minus-squarea4ng3l@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·13 hours agoNope. I don’t need to believe in them, they just are. Produced by persons undoubtedly smarter than I am.
minus-squareGlytch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·13 hours agoSo you trust this definition because experts have told you it is so?
minus-squarea4ng3l@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·13 hours agoHow are agreed upon definitions remotely similar to religious beliefs ?
minus-squareGlytch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·13 hours agoReligious beliefs are agreed upon systems of opinions about philosophy. Definitions are agreed upon opinions of what words mean. Both were constructed by humans to better understand and communicate about our world and our place in it.
Nope. I don’t need to believe in them, they just are. Produced by persons undoubtedly smarter than I am.
So you trust this definition because experts have told you it is so?
How are agreed upon definitions remotely similar to religious beliefs ?
Religious beliefs are agreed upon systems of opinions about philosophy. Definitions are agreed upon opinions of what words mean.
Both were constructed by humans to better understand and communicate about our world and our place in it.