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It relates through the not involving the laws of nature part. In a certain sense cultural constructs are not real. They are imaginary. And you can think of all imaginary things as about equally valid.
I am aware of holes in that argument, but getting back to the original point, when people call something a "cultural construct" there is a pretty heavy implication that whatever the replacement for it they have in mind is going to be at least as good and probably better.
Just because something is a cultural construct, and thus "imaginary" or pethaps even subjective to some extent, does not mean it's not about reality. To think otherwise is simply a mind projection fallacy.
True, but I'd not place much trust on a map whose creators refuse to constantly check with the territory.
Mm. Yeah, I'll accept that.