I quite agree, Janie. Declarations of Truth make me uncomfortable, especially in a scientific context. Finding that when you challenge such statements you just find them repeated over and over again without further justification doesn't help.

Steve Shaw
Of course, there is one area of human thought that routinely misuses the word, We call it religion.

Just so.

I'm not sure that I've got the energy to reopen that debate. If I have, I'll start a new thread. My main intention was to draw attention to the new softer, kinder, gentler Steve Shaw compared with the one I'm used to.