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A higher-order concept of truth that refers not to the factual correctness of a single statement, but to the accuracy and usefulness of the overall framework, narrative, or model within which individual facts are interpreted. A metatruth is about getting the story right, even if some details are fuzzy. It’s the difference between knowing isolated facts about the 1929 stock market crash and understanding the metatruth of systemic financial over-leverage and speculative mania as its cause.
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