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What is the reasoning for Why does presence of value evaluatingevaluate as "Truthy" in Python? [e.i. Types evaluate True in conditionals]

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What is the reasoning for presence of value evaluating as "Truthy" in Python? [e.i. Types evaluate True in conditionals]

Example:

if float: print('float is true?')

returns:

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Why do all objects other than ones explicitly defined as False or "False" evaluate truthfully?