The Nature Of Truth

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mld, March 18, 2002 at 6:14:54 AM CET

The Nature Of Truth

A friend of mine from Faire wrote:

Actually, I don't think there is truth, just perception.

My reply:

Really. That's an interesting viewpoint. I think it depends on whether you want to define Truth as a function of the individual, or the group.

And I can see that going either way.

Insanity was once said to be, "a majority of one." Then, though, they said Gallileo was crazy. Hmm. Turns out the world was crazy, and he was right.

But the guy that thinks he's Napoleon really believes it. Hmm.

Methinks perhaps there is an Objective Reality outside of Human Perception, but we, through our Senses and Reason, perceive it only dimly, some better than others, and sometimes, through the Distorted Lens of Faith, all of us not at all.

"The fault, Dear Brutus, is not in the stars, but in ourselves."

And I've just given myself a headache. Thanks a lot. :-)

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