Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)

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If there is such a thing as absolute truth, I don't think it's possible to ever be certain you know an absolute truth.

No matter how obvious the truth may be, no matter how well tested, you can't ever prove that everyone hasn't somehow made a mistake. Any method you use to prove you haven't made a mistake is subject to the same problem... and so it goes on endlessly. (Ironically, this is the argument from ignorance which is the most common theist fallacy when used to try and demonstrate the truth of a statement, but it undoes them here!)

Of course, from the point of view of science, this is irrelevant. Science doesn't deal with absolute truth, it deals with models that fit reality beyond all reasonable doubt.

So whether or not absolute truth exists is kind of irrelevant from our point of view. It's untestable, because we are fallible. So someone simply announcing that they have it, no matter what evidence they present, is making an impossible claim in my opinion. They are claiming to be infallible.