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But your approach results in someone who can't even conceive of the truth being identifiable. It doesn't seem like a great way to run a society.
by jandrese 2y ago
But your approach results in someone who can't even conceive of the truth being identifiable. It doesn't seem like a great way to run a society.
- baggy_trough 2y agoI am unable to connect your sentence to what I said.
- jandrese 2y ago> I have no faith that there is some authoritative entity that could objectively determine what is a lie and what is the truth. I read this as "it is impossible to determine truth". If there exists a well resourced entity who's entire purpose in life is to determine objective truth and they are unable to do so what chance do I have?
- baggy_trough 2y agoYou just have to use your best judgement like everybody else.
- jandrese 2y agoThat's the problem though. Your judgement gets warped by the constant stream of lies. That's the fundamental concept behind propaganda. If you repeat a lie enough times it will be believed. Everybody thinks they're too smart to be taken in by propaganda, that's one of the reasons it works so well.
- baggy_trough 2y agoThat's true, and it works both ways.
- potato3732842 2y agoHaving the power to determine truth does not seem like a great way to run a society even if it gets you some easy wins on other fronts. It might work at first and be effective for some time in the same way that a dictator can "get things done" but there is no free lunch. Eventually you will get evil dictators, power hungry arbitrators of truth. It will bite you. It is only a question of when. It might be years or generations. The only winning move is not to play. Don't concentrate the power in the first place.