This is getting stuck in the morass of trying to distinguish between observations and interpretations. I don’t particularly want to discuss the philosophy of qualia.
My point is much simpler. It’s quite common for data points which everyone calls “observations” to be false. Trying to fix that problem is called cleaning the data and can be a huge hassle. In practical terms, if you get a database of observations you cannot assume that all of them are true.
I certainly agree that such data points can be false.
When you chose to disagree with khafra’s claim I thought you were making an actual counterassertion, rather than simply challenging their use of the label “observation” in an indirect way.
This is getting stuck in the morass of trying to distinguish between observations and interpretations. I don’t particularly want to discuss the philosophy of qualia.
My point is much simpler. It’s quite common for data points which everyone calls “observations” to be false. Trying to fix that problem is called cleaning the data and can be a huge hassle. In practical terms, if you get a database of observations you cannot assume that all of them are true.
I certainly agree that such data points can be false.
When you chose to disagree with khafra’s claim I thought you were making an actual counterassertion, rather than simply challenging their use of the label “observation” in an indirect way.
My apologies, and I’m happy to drop it here.