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The world is multi-faceted. Situations and individuals are complex. Externalities and exceptions abound. Multiple perspectives can accurately describe the same
by garrickvanburen 6y ago
The world is multi-faceted. Situations and individuals are complex. Externalities and exceptions abound.
Multiple perspectives can accurately describe the same event - e.g. the fable about the blind me all describing an elephant.
Each of their individual descriptions is true. There is also a larger truth that none of them are aware of. That doesn’t make them liars either individually or a group.
Additionally, it can be highly politically advantageous to frame, spin, or otherwise mischaracterize, on the thinnest evidence, both out of bad faith and naïveté.
So, about Truth with a capital ‘T’, I’d like to paraphrase PK Dick’s statement, “truth is what exists when you stop believing.”
- marcus_holmes 6y agoI totally agree, but it's not much use when trying to counter an anti-vaxxer spreading misinformation via Facebook