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An article about truth.
The following text was proof-read by my good friend James. I would like to thank him for his invaluable advise.
-Spyware
The truth about truth(s)
Human understanding of truth is limited. Society still leans heavily on a fact-based information system. We record facts, put them away in books and websites (such as Wikipedia) and keep them there for future reference. The sun once revolved around Earth. Now, she doesn't. In the distant future, dimension X might be circling around our own dimension. New day, same problem. What is true?
I see what you're thinking. You're claiming that truths are verifiable. Checkable. Well, you're probably right about this. The truth is a verifiable fact, which will remain true until the end of time. However, our human perception of these truths changes. A lot. Human understanding of truth is not limited. Instead;
Human perception of truth is limited. Society still leans heavily on human-interpreted versions of truths. A relatively small amount of people on Earth have the power to decide what we read, how we read it and when we read it. Our perceptions of these small-amount-of-people-truths changes from day to day. Some people believe everything. Some people believe nothing. The next day, they all believe in something else.
Some people only believe in facts that they know “for sure” are true. How can they ever know what is true? If I tell you that a war has begun in South Carolina a few minutes ago, would you believe me? Probably not. Why not, I ask you. Ah, you would have been informed of this war by established media, you say. You would've seen this in the news, the papers, you would've gotten a call from your aunt who lives there, you claim. Fact is, you don't know anything until you get some input. And you know what the sad part is? You have absolutely no control over what gets inputted to you.
Or do you?
If I tell you a war has begun in South Carolina a few minutes ago, you won't believe me. Except if you live there. If you saw it with your own eyes, perhaps. You saw the smoke, heard the screams and lived through the pain. You saw war. You saw it and successfully obtained a perception of truth. Now, you can broadcast your perception to others, in attempt to inform them-, no, to influence them with your perception. This means that you control your perception. You can check facts. Deny facts. Accept facts. All of these things are controlled by YOU, and no one else. This means human perception of truth isn't limited, however, you can't check every fact. You can't percept everything.
Human truth is limited. In a society that leans heavily on facts, perceptible and broadcastable by nearly anyone, we still don't have access to much information. You know how people mock about conspiracy theories all the time, right? So, I ask you, where do these conspiracy theories come from? There must be a reason why the human race conspires and theorizes (about) everything. Consider the following explanation: we lack information. We lack truth. If there was one general truth, we wouldn't conspire, we wouldn't theorize. Not ever again. Since the human race still conspires, we can safely assume that not everyone is happy with the current explanation of things. Not everyone has all the information they seek.
Truth is, we don't know much truth. And what we know (and how we know it) is influenced by those who have the power to broadcast much and often. Newspapers. Newspapers are called newspapers because they report news on paper. They don't report truth, again, they report news. News obtained by one individual company. One team. One vision. One paper.
Where is the truth in our society? Where are the “truthpapers” these days? Blogs? Individuals. Articles? Individuals. Politicians? Individuals. All of these broadcast their own version of truth. Fact is; truth changes. The amount of theists is decreasing. Why? If the Bible is truth, the amount of theists should increase. Politic America steers left more and more. Why? People question explanations given by individuals. Why? Ask yourself questions. Check truths. Find out “why”.
I believe that in a dimension in which the sun revolves around earth, the moons are as hard to reach as God, which does exist, truth has no place. That is not our dimension. Not our truth.
Think about it. I thought, and I'm glad I did. Tomorrow, I'll think again, and I will probably be just as happy about it. Contemplating life has brought me more insight than any individual could have given me. Talk to people. Share opinions. Go do stuff.
P.S.: This article is static, thought of and typed out by one individual. It's not truth, just another human observation of something so complex we cannot hope to understand it all.
-Spyware
The truth about truth(s)
Human understanding of truth is limited. Society still leans heavily on a fact-based information system. We record facts, put them away in books and websites (such as Wikipedia) and keep them there for future reference. The sun once revolved around Earth. Now, she doesn't. In the distant future, dimension X might be circling around our own dimension. New day, same problem. What is true?
I see what you're thinking. You're claiming that truths are verifiable. Checkable. Well, you're probably right about this. The truth is a verifiable fact, which will remain true until the end of time. However, our human perception of these truths changes. A lot. Human understanding of truth is not limited. Instead;
Human perception of truth is limited. Society still leans heavily on human-interpreted versions of truths. A relatively small amount of people on Earth have the power to decide what we read, how we read it and when we read it. Our perceptions of these small-amount-of-people-truths changes from day to day. Some people believe everything. Some people believe nothing. The next day, they all believe in something else.
Some people only believe in facts that they know “for sure” are true. How can they ever know what is true? If I tell you that a war has begun in South Carolina a few minutes ago, would you believe me? Probably not. Why not, I ask you. Ah, you would have been informed of this war by established media, you say. You would've seen this in the news, the papers, you would've gotten a call from your aunt who lives there, you claim. Fact is, you don't know anything until you get some input. And you know what the sad part is? You have absolutely no control over what gets inputted to you.
Or do you?
If I tell you a war has begun in South Carolina a few minutes ago, you won't believe me. Except if you live there. If you saw it with your own eyes, perhaps. You saw the smoke, heard the screams and lived through the pain. You saw war. You saw it and successfully obtained a perception of truth. Now, you can broadcast your perception to others, in attempt to inform them-, no, to influence them with your perception. This means that you control your perception. You can check facts. Deny facts. Accept facts. All of these things are controlled by YOU, and no one else. This means human perception of truth isn't limited, however, you can't check every fact. You can't percept everything.
Human truth is limited. In a society that leans heavily on facts, perceptible and broadcastable by nearly anyone, we still don't have access to much information. You know how people mock about conspiracy theories all the time, right? So, I ask you, where do these conspiracy theories come from? There must be a reason why the human race conspires and theorizes (about) everything. Consider the following explanation: we lack information. We lack truth. If there was one general truth, we wouldn't conspire, we wouldn't theorize. Not ever again. Since the human race still conspires, we can safely assume that not everyone is happy with the current explanation of things. Not everyone has all the information they seek.
Truth is, we don't know much truth. And what we know (and how we know it) is influenced by those who have the power to broadcast much and often. Newspapers. Newspapers are called newspapers because they report news on paper. They don't report truth, again, they report news. News obtained by one individual company. One team. One vision. One paper.
Where is the truth in our society? Where are the “truthpapers” these days? Blogs? Individuals. Articles? Individuals. Politicians? Individuals. All of these broadcast their own version of truth. Fact is; truth changes. The amount of theists is decreasing. Why? If the Bible is truth, the amount of theists should increase. Politic America steers left more and more. Why? People question explanations given by individuals. Why? Ask yourself questions. Check truths. Find out “why”.
I believe that in a dimension in which the sun revolves around earth, the moons are as hard to reach as God, which does exist, truth has no place. That is not our dimension. Not our truth.
Think about it. I thought, and I'm glad I did. Tomorrow, I'll think again, and I will probably be just as happy about it. Contemplating life has brought me more insight than any individual could have given me. Talk to people. Share opinions. Go do stuff.
P.S.: This article is static, thought of and typed out by one individual. It's not truth, just another human observation of something so complex we cannot hope to understand it all.
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