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		mycall 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GPT-5 is behind schedule The fact is that in science, facts are only definitions and everything else is a theory which by definition is never 100% true.

echoangle 7 months ago [–]

> everything else is a theory which by definition is never 100% true.

Which definition of theory includes that it can never be 100% true? It can't be proven to be true, but surely it could be true without anyone knowing about it.

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