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I was once in a restaurant waiting for take out reading a newspaper and a guy came up to me to tell me all newspapers were fake and you couldn't trust them (bef

by rhcom2 8y ago

I was once in a restaurant waiting for take out reading a newspaper and a guy came up to me to tell me all newspapers were fake and you couldn't trust them (before going on a rant about the Rothschilds). I asked him where he got his information about the world and he told me "videos on the internet." I don't even know how you begin to have a real conversation with that as a starting point.

sethrin 8y ago
The thing to recognize is that they are not using the same truth-finding-function that you are. That may in fact mean that you can't meaningfully compare truths. You are being empirical; they are either relying on "it makes sense" (rationalism, probably) or they are relying on their trust in the person making the statement. I'm not sure what the solution to this problem is, but it's probably not empirical evidence, since that isn't what they consider to be valid. Mostly I think the solution is to teach children science and history, and that if they get to be adults without having those frameworks of understanding, there's no real hope of acquiring them. I'd like to believe that's just cynicism though.