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> We’re already in a post-truth era Not really. There’s more truth today than any era of the past. I don’t seek the alignment of planets to predict if my crop
by goalieca 3y ago
> We’re already in a post-truth era
Not really. There’s more truth today than any era of the past. I don’t seek the alignment of planets to predict if my crop will face drought. I can read and study on my own as I do not rely on an anointed class or caste to tell me the truth.
- williamcotton 3y agoWhat post-truth means is a fractured epistemology. The anointed classes with their movements of the planet and the general population were basically all in agreement with their definitions of “truth”. Right now the guy down my street reading the Epoch Times has a very different notion of truth than I do!
- avgcorrection 3y ago> The anointed classes with their movements of the planet and the general population were basically all in agreement with their definitions of “truth”. So wrote down the anointed classes anyway.
- ftxbro 3y agoWhen they talk about post-truth era I think they refer to the return to the pre-enlightenment age. Like some tribal or feudal might-makes-right kind of stuff. They are talking about politics and power relations, not about things like astronomy or cartography.
- wendyshu 3y agoAs far as I can tell it's just a buzzword used by people strawmanning Trump.