Every truth has boundaries. For example, some truths are only true in a vacuum. Others are only true within 3-dimensional space. Still others depend on time, or on the assumption that stimulus precedes action.

This is not to say they are not true, only that they are true given certain conditions. It then becomes a question of how applicable they are, i.e. whether the conditions they depend on exist in their application.

For instance, I may be able to say that 2+2=5, but I wouldn't want build a skyscraper or even a shed based on that math. The boundaries of math exist just fine in what we observe as the material world, and apply well to operating in that world.

But that isn't the same as saying 2+2=5 couldn't also work, given that the definitions and boundaries of that truth also exist in and apply well to the material world.

In any quest for universal or specific truth, it is imperative to determine the boundaries (or limits) of that truth, regardless of how "implied" one assumes them to be.

Gn again!

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