(February 13, 2016 at 5:46 pm)scoobysnack Wrote: The truth is too important for me to suppress it.
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Trying to expose people to information kind of reminds me of Platos allegory of the cave.
The truth.
Funny how theists always lean on this one word.
Truth is an accurate description of reality, made by people, for people.
This definition is fine and dandy, however one can conceive of the possibility of someone passing as truth that which is not true.
And, if there is no way at all to tell that it is not true, then there will always be someone thinking that it is true, as long as the idea is packaged properly.
So... why should one accept an idea as true, if it's not verifiable?
Considering the amount of unverifiable ideas that can come out of the human mind, the best position to adopt is to doubt any unverifiable claim.... unless it's completely inconsequential.
Some guys claim to have found gravitational waves?... great.. verify that!
Some guys found that neutrinos travel faster than light? great! Verify that! Oh.... not verified... neutrinos don't travel faster than light!
