lol, Why?

Thank God! Finally, somebody can tell me what truth is. I've struggled for several decades to divine which of the philosophical approaches to truth is likely correct, and I've despaired of never knowing.

Hi,

One can go blunt:

Truth is what authority (-ies) says it is.

authority (n.)
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=authority

...

/creation and annihilation, and states, and spaces, and politics come to mind/

or

one can go vanilla:

The Language of Logic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpMfZvbmO0c

 

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The Logical Song ( Lyrics ) Supertramp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNDdn4de35Y

(July 23, 2023 at 7:25 pm)Angrboda Wrote: Thank God!  Finally, somebody can tell me what truth is.  I've struggled for several decades to divine which of the philosophical approaches to truth is likely correct, and I've despaired of never knowing.

You epistemic dilettante, you.

Boru

(July 23, 2023 at 6:58 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:

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“If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.” — Confucius

~ (similar)

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
Mark Twain


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/to doubt!? - there are no doubts/

https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=doubt


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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) Tim Roth, Gary Oldman. Subtitled (En, Fr, Sp)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YHHHEg3ioc


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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead ...and Absurd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEdewjDYBJg


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Hamlet Philosophy: what does 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead' say about Free Will?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ejPEMAA1pM


/// shroomery!?, of course ///



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The point is:

"Competition is a sin."
John D. Rockefeller


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monarchy (n.)
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=monarchy


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hierarchy (n.)
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=hierarchy



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left (adj.)
https://www.etymonline.com/word/left#etymonline_v_6652

People are (have to be) equal - this is left (wrong), not right. (a wordplay )

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right (...)
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=right



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Equality has been seen in society as madness, anarchy, chaos.

https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=anarchy

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Hierarchy has been seen in society as order.




The mind does it.

Well, it's true, you can't handle the truth, because it's an intangible.

(July 22, 2023 at 8:16 pm)disobey Wrote: Chances are, what is right or true is the exact opposite of what you think it is.  And chances are, you don't want to know the truth.  Here is one proof of that.  There are a few intellectually minded and one truthful forum out there.  They are practically ghost towns.  As for what you think is true, somebody wrote a couple of books about the topic.  They are called, "The Book Of General Ignorance:  Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong."  I have never read them.  But then again, I don't need to.  I know exactly where the author is coming from.  Now when it comes to being wrong, keep in mind this truism by Samuel Clemens.  "It isn't what you don't know that gets you into trouble.  It is what you are sure of that just isn't so."

  When it comes to the astonishing ignorance of the public in general, obviously the government is to blame.  And that is probably because the stupid are easier to rule.  Or to put it more precisely, easier to abuse.  I will give you one example of this stupidity.  Most people think out system of government is a democracy.  But it isn't.  It is a Plutocracy.  Which is rule by the rich.  But to put it more precisely, our system of government is actually a Kakistocracy.  Which is rule by the incompetent and corrupt.

  To help prove my point about the government being behind the general stupidity of the American public, I will show you a meme of something said by a former director of the CIA named William Casey.  Such an attitude no doubt existed before he was there and still goes on to this day.  No doubt with the help of the NSA, FBI and other such government agencies.  And they either directly or indirectly run this forum and every other one out there.  Consider that before you try and ask me more of what the real truth is.  Also, having read what I will show you, keep in mind that what he said isn't something one American would do to another Americans.  That is something an enemy of America would do to Americans.  So if you think religion is your biggest worry, think again.

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  Ok.  Let's try this again.  At some other forums I have found that if you mention a member in a reply, they will get an alert that they had been mentioned.  Then they can see what was said.  I don't know if it works the same way here.  So this is a test.  Angrboda, no one, BrianSoddingBoru4, Fireball, Ravenshire, arewethereyet, Nay_Sayer, FollowingFeynman89, Caral Hinkey.  In this thread I posted a meme with a quote by a former director of the CIA named William Casey.  Apparently I haven't been here long enough to post a meme.  But you should all know what he said.  He said, "We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false."

(July 24, 2023 at 6:52 am)Carl Hickey Wrote: Hi,

One can go blunt:

Truth is what authority (-ies) says it is.

authority (n.)
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=authority

...

/creation and annihilation, and states, and spaces, and politics come to mind/

or

one can go vanilla:

The Language of Logic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpMfZvbmO0c

 

= = =


The Logical Song ( Lyrics ) Supertramp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNDdn4de35Y

  Hi back.  What did you mean by "One can go blunt."  Next, the truth isn't what those in power say it is.  The truth is the truth.

(July 24, 2023 at 7:03 pm)disobey Wrote:

(July 22, 2023 at 8:16 pm)disobey Wrote: Chances are, what is right or true is the exact opposite of what you think it is.  And chances are, you don't want to know the truth.  Here is one proof of that.  There are a few intellectually minded and one truthful forum out there.  They are practically ghost towns.  As for what you think is true, somebody wrote a couple of books about the topic.  They are called, "The Book Of General Ignorance:  Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong."  I have never read them.  But then again, I don't need to.  I know exactly where the author is coming from.  Now when it comes to being wrong, keep in mind this truism by Samuel Clemens.  "It isn't what you don't know that gets you into trouble.  It is what you are sure of that just isn't so."

  When it comes to the astonishing ignorance of the public in general, obviously the government is to blame.  And that is probably because the stupid are easier to rule.  Or to put it more precisely, easier to abuse.  I will give you one example of this stupidity.  Most people think out system of government is a democracy.  But it isn't.  It is a Plutocracy.  Which is rule by the rich.  But to put it more precisely, our system of government is actually a Kakistocracy.  Which is rule by the incompetent and corrupt.

  To help prove my point about the government being behind the general stupidity of the American public, I will show you a meme of something said by a former director of the CIA named William Casey.  Such an attitude no doubt existed before he was there and still goes on to this day.  No doubt with the help of the NSA, FBI and other such government agencies.  And they either directly or indirectly run this forum and every other one out there.  Consider that before you try and ask me more of what the real truth is.  Also, having read what I will show you, keep in mind that what he said isn't something one American would do to another Americans.  That is something an enemy of America would do to Americans.  So if you think religion is your biggest worry, think again.

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Link removed per 30/30 rule.

  Ok.  Let's try this again.  At some other forums I have found that if you mention a member in a reply, they will get an alert that they had been mentioned.  Then they can see what was said.  I don't know if it works the same way here.  So this is a test.  Angrboda, no one, BrianSoddingBoru4, Fireball, Ravenshire, arewethereyet, Nay_Sayer, FollowingFeynman89, Caral Hinkey.  In this thread I posted a meme with a quote by a former director of the CIA named William Casey.  Apparently I haven't been here long enough to post a meme.  But you should all know what he said.  He said, "We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false."

Since you have no fucking idea what any of us believe, you have no fucking idea if any of those beliefs are false.