> Yes, and there is a very good reason English supports both types of claims, which mean substantially different things.
Right, and one of them isn't literally true, hence the point of all this. If the ball looks blue to you, it will look red to someone moving away from it rapidly, for example.
I don’t think removing the ability to discuss easily discuss even tentative conclusions of objective reality facilitates agreement about it.
> Instead of saying the ball is blue, you say, the ball looks blue to me.
Yes, and there is a very good reason English supports both types of claims, which mean substantially different things.