Category: discuss

  • No Absolutes

    “There are no absolutes.”

    “I agree. You are absolutely correct!”

    A sentence can be grammatical, but still illogical. Making an absolute statement that denies absolutes is self-defeating nonsense.

    Turn it back a notch and then you’ve maybe got something.

    “It would seem there are very few absolutes.”

    There, now that’s a safer thing to say, but couched as it is in qualifications, it comes off as weak.