[at-l] Facts

[KGJ]

(especially the last one! )  :)
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"I'll leave the doomsaying to others, I'm too busy working on the future" 
Ed Jones, 2009
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: KGJ 
  To: at-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 11:13 PM
  Subject: Re: [at-l] Facts


  These are good!  Thnx!
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  "I'll leave the doomsaying to others, I'm too busy working on the future" 
  Ed Jones, 2009
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    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Tim Rich 
    To: at-l at backcountry.net ; KGJ 
    Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 10:45 PM
    Subject: Re: [at-l] Facts



    “There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.” - Maya Angelou

    “Facts are many, but the truth is one.” - Rabindranath Tagore 

    “Attitudes are more important than facts.” - George MacDonald

    “The truth is more important than the facts.” - Frank Lloyd Wright

    BUT...

    “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of the facts and evidence” - John Adams

    “From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.” - Tom Stoppard

    “Facts are to the mind what food is to the body” - Edmund Burke

    HOWEVER...

    “Facts are ventriloquists' dummies. Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say nothing, or talk nonsense, or indulge in sheer diabolism.” - Aldous Huxley

    In the final analysis, I recommend you and your friend find a trail, a campfire, a bottle of Maker's Mark and make good use of each.

    And that's a fact.

    Take Care,

    Tim


    --- On Mon, 4/20/09, KGJ <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:

    > From: KGJ <jplynch at crosslink.net>
    > Subject: [at-l] Facts
    > To: at-l at backcountry.net
    > Date: Monday, April 20, 2009, 8:14 PM
    >  
    > I've got a buddy who likes to
    > debate the "facts" of hiking 
    > and such. He insists that facts are "good",
    > and I say that facts take on 
    > no inherent value. Is there an axiom in logic that
    > bolsters my 
    > claim?
    > 
    > thnx! 
    > 
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