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Old November 6th 04, 01:21 PM
Matt Whiting
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Greg Butler wrote:

No, a fact is an invariant. If you take a poll and then take another
poll, you'll get a different result. That isn't factual, sorry.



Actually a poll is a statement of fact: the people polled did in fact say
what the poll says. The problem arises with how you extend the poll to
represent the unpolled.



Which is the entire purpose of a poll, so I think that is a given. And,
yes, I agree that herein lies the problem.


Matt