Is there any such thing as an absolute?

Yes, but they tend to be tautologies: what is is what is. But this is true by definition:1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 ≡ 11/3 ≡ 0.3333 ... 3 by definition of decimal equivalences so0.3333 ... 3 + 0.3333 ... 3 + 0.3333 ... 3 ≡ 1Let's try 0.9999 ... 8999 ... 9 instead ... Why? The chance is small but it is not non-existent, dismissing it is just using your opinion\bias rather than any real argument that it "can largely be dismissed." You are just playing probabilities. Well I've walked through walls. Of course the definition of wall comes in to play here.But there is also the Douglas Adams thing about flying -- you jump at the ground and then miss ...