(July 21, 2015 at 10:46 pm)The Barefoot Bum Wrote:(July 21, 2015 at 1:02 pm)Salacious B. Crumb Wrote: You can have both. I thought it would be a decent exercise, to pick one that matters most to you. Are they exactly the same for you?
Chalk it up to my weird economist's brain. Are truth and love complements? substitutes? Is there a budget constraint? Do I have to give up some love to get more truth?
Personally, I think there's no truth without love, no love without truth. And there's no budget constraint: we can have as much of either or both as we want, without giving up anything else.
Well, I'd disagree with you on that. I can give you truth all day without showing you love. As for the second part, I'm not so sure. I think people can love each other without being completely truthful with one another, but for an actual loving relationship, I'd agree that a decent amount of truth would have to be involved.
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' -Isaac Asimov-
