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What does it mean?
Conflicting truths can coexist depending on context or perspective, even if they cannot all be true simultaneously.
In plain terms
Many viewpoints can be right depending on the situation.
What can you take from it?
Multiple perspectives can be valid contextually.

Where it applies

  • debate
  • mediation
  • ethical dilemmas

Putting it to work

  • conflict resolution
  • critical thinking
  • negotiation

Questions to consider

  • Can two opposing views be right?
  • When does context change the truth?

Another view

Some facts are objective regardless of perspective.

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  3. An Elephant is powerless to think in terms of an ant, in spite of the best intentions.

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