John F. Sowa wrote:
> Wacek,
>
> I agree with you that there are degrees of precision,
> but not degrees of truth. (01)
Wow. (02)
>
> My claim is that a vague statement and a precise statement
> about the same subject are *equally* true. (03)
Yes: if both are true, then both are simply and equally true. (04)
vQ (05)
The following
> three statements are true:
>
> 1. The sun is 93 million miles from the earth with an
> accuracy of about 1 or 2 percent.
>
> 2. At the aphelion, the sun is 152 million kilometers
> from earth, and at the perihelion it is 147 million km
> from earth.
>
> 3. The mean distance from the earth to the sun is
> 149.6 million kilometers.
>
> If anything, statement #1 is better qualified, since the
> expected error is stated explicitly. However, in the
> absence of other qualification, the default error is
> one-half of the last significant digit (i.e., at most
> 500,000 miles for point #2 and 50,000 miles for #3).
>
> John
>
>
>
>
>
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