> If someone told me that a certain > truth is not useful, I would be > inclined to disbelieve them Sure. But I didn't say that. There are some situati

> If someone told me that a certain > truth is not useful, I would be > inclined to disbelieve them Sure. But I didn't say that. There are some situations in which it's useful to know the Thai alphabet has 44 consonants, but not only is that generally not very useful knowledge for the vast majority of people, it might also lead you to conclude learning to read Thai will be significantly harder than reading English, which is probably not true. A truth is useful. A given person's knowledge of that truth, not always, especially given that not all truths are simple enough to be understood by the layperson -- how else did we get to a place where evolution is "humans are descended from monkeys"?