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> the ultimate arbiters of the truth are the facts of reality.

This is, relative to what?

Some possibilities:

- relative to your geography - your personal biases - your priorities - relative to 'what you do not know what you do not know'

We may not like to see it this way, but facts if reality are also relative. Just span things across longer period of time and you'll see.

And yet people can read your post and see what you mean to convey.

That things are eventually slippery doesn't undermine our ability to come closer to the truth of a given moment.

The top commenters are pretty much saying exactly, what I said in different words. If nothing else, Wikipedia is on a slippery-slope here.