The issue is whether one can proceed with statements of speculation as being truth. One cannot. It is too casually accepted on this board that someone can make an assertion for which he has no evidence whatever, and it is accepted as truth. (Moon Hoax, Chemtrails, Flat Earth, Space DEWs, etc.)
As for "stating" something is true or false, STATEMENTS are only words. But we have to make sure they attach to reality, or the whole effort of communication is disrupted.
The issue is whether one can proceed with statements of speculation as being truth. One cannot. It is too casually accepted on this board that someone can make an assertion for which he has no evidence whatever, and it is accepted as truth. (Moon Hoax, Chemtrails, Flat Earth, Space DEWs, etc.)
As for "stating" something is true or false, STATEMENTS are only words. But we have to make sure they attach to reality, or the whole effort of communication is disrupted.