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Alt text:

"Some people say light is waves, and some say it's particles, so I bet light is some in-between thing that's both wave and particle depending on how you look at it. Am I right?" "YES, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T BE!"

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[–] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Fallacy fallacy taken to its logical conclusion.

[–] StuffYouFear@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is the common ground the fact both rotate around the super massive blackhole at the center of our galaxy?

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[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If this topic proves anything, it's that we should make sure everyone is assuming the same thing before discussing, or clarify before discussing.

You can literally come up with different answers without further clarification.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

Remember when we had to list all of our assumptions before making an argument?

Those were good times. (I don't remember when, maybe in Linear Algebra or an engineer or philosophy course.)

[–] mcmoor@bookwormstory.social 3 points 1 year ago

The alt text makes this xkcd tier

[–] MxM111@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

All is relative. All are right. Or wrong. We are orbiting galactic center.

[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] StuffYouFear@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And then after that I guess the Local Group? Haha

[–] Teppic@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago
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