Replying to LO30920 --
>Since it was me that started this "statements vs. facts" line of
>inquiry, I will answer your question. Statements are nothing more
>than claims about what is, or what's going on, or what might be.
>They are the basis of all action in business. So it matters greatly
>about how accurate they are as a basis for action -- for effective
>action, no less. Facts, on the other hand, are the real world things
>statements purport to describe. In other words, there are the things
>in the world (facts) and then there are the things we say or claim
>about the things in the world (statements).
Facts are 'real world' things so long there is a common understanding
about the 'real world'. When the world used to be flat I guess nobody
was traveling around the globe (because the fact was there was no
globe). Nowadays facts such as percentage or numbers illustrate the
concepts of development and progress. New facts however may surface at
any time reversing the original definition and calling former form of
development .... an ecological catastrophe (for example).
In other term don't you thing one should be clear about the definition
of the 'real world'?
Patrick Dufour
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