Possibility and fact
According to general understanding, science has to be based on facts, while everything that opposes them is equaled to fantasies, an imitation of science. Few would have confidence to reject this statement, neither have I, however I offer another option: to show broader context, an expanded notion of fact. In the quest of understanding reality broader thinking is always more effective than narrower and shallower. I will start with the general picture and then delve deeper into details. Again, I will be using the style of synopsis, which has to be complemented with your own information. In addition to facts, there are possibilities, to understand which is equally important. This idea can be explained by an example of the relation between a route and a map. The map shows all the territory, all possible routes, therefore it is the sum of all possibilities. The concrete travelled route, all points or segments, are facts. We can see that the scope of possibilities is always broader th...
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