In the
response below I had to throttle back my Inner Scientist from wanting to
strangle certain abusers of social media. Facts are NOT the same as
Alternative Facts. Internet Foo-Foo is NOT truth. Much of it represents
all the bad consequences of the 1st Amendment to the American
Constitution - without any redeeming good.
Q: So on social media there’s been a huge debate on whether
water is wet or not. I believe water is not either wet or dry. So is water wet? - Kacie M
A:
This is akin to Medieval arguments about how many angels
could dance on the head of a pin. In other words, it's a pointless
issue. Water is water. Wet means something has water
on or in it in all versions of the English language that I am familiar
with. I did a cursory look and did not see a "huge debate" on
social media about water being wet or not.
Social
media should NEVER be considered a source of meaningful
information, as there is no vetting, no peer review of the content you
see
there. People make up "Alternative Facts" and post them to social
media, and if it's done with flashy visuals, some weak-minded and poorly
educated people might take this stuff as fact. Don't YOU fall into that
old make-up-a-fact trap. That's
what humanity fought its way out of the Middle Ages to get away from.
Your smart phone doesn't work because of some made-up fact about
electricity.
