3 ms·
> "Systematic deviation from the truth" sounds like a good start "Truth" is such a vague notion bordering on unusable in most rational contexts, as what most p
by stareatgoats 7y ago
> "Systematic deviation from the truth" sounds like a good start
"Truth" is such a vague notion bordering on unusable in most rational contexts, as what most people consider "truth" contains some bias or other. When people quarrel over truthfulness is seldom the facts that they disagree on; it is the valuation of those facts in relation to the topic, i.e. relevance.
Not counting the type of bias which is not ashamed to twist the actual facts, but that is a rarity, and easily dismissed.
- SiempreViernes 7y ago> When people quarrel over truthfulness is seldom the facts that they disagree on Eh, I think this now we are at a mostly semantic point: for example, there is nothing strange about arguing there exists some optimal weighting of various facts, and this optimal combination can then justifiably be labelled truth. > Not counting the type of bias which is not ashamed to twist the actual facts, but that is a rarity, and easily dismissed. Isolated instances are easily dismissed, but the USA is now ruled by a systematic dismissal of truth so it is not quite so easy.