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It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple? (midwest.social)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

If a narrative is not literally true, does that mean it has no truth value?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What is "truth value" supposed to mean?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, I wasn't explaining myself well.

Just because a story isn't factually true, doesn't mean that it has no value, or negative value. There are other types of values which can supersede factual value:

aesthetic
symbolic
ethical
didactic

Truth isn't always about facts. Sometimes factual statements can be used as a weapon of deceit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

There are other types of value, of course. It's just funny to specifically call the apple out for being a myth. The entire story is a myth, so they could have made it a pomelo for all I care.