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- From: mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org (Mike A. McAngus)
- Subject: Re: Truth
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.111659.19941@jcnpc.cmhnet.org>
- Organization: Homebrew Virtual Reality Labs
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 11:16:59 GMT
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- Robert Huss (rhuss+@EDRC.CMU.EDU) wrote:
- :
- : This concept of Truth has been brought up in another discussion, and I thin
- it might be interesting enough to get it's own subject line. The possibilitie
- s are:
- :
- : 1. There is only one Truth. One way the universe was created, one
- : correct way to believe, one way to be Right.
- :
- : 2. There is one Big Truth, which allows for some divergence at lower levels,
- : so there could be more than one way to believe and still be right. There is
- still only one way the universe was created, but multiple ways to believe,
- : and multiple ways to be right.
- :
- : 3. There is no such thing as One Truth. Each person's truth is unique.
- : There are multiple ways for the universe to have been created, multiple ways
- to
- : believe, and multiple ways to be right.
- :
- :
- : Agreement on the subject of Truth doesn't mean we have to agree on
- : what the truth is. Can anyone provide other possibilities for the existance
- : of Truth?
-
- 4. There is no such thing as One Truth (the Buzzards Big-T truth). There are
- lots of little truths, most of which are contextual. There is only one way
- that the unverse was created.
- --
- Mike McAngus (mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org)| Let the raucous sleigh bells ringle | Tom
- The Truth is still the Truth | Hail our dear old fried Chris Kringle |Lehrer
- Even if you choose to ignore it. | Driving his reindeer across the sky
- I wasn't sure if anyone would join | Don't stand underneath when they fly by.
-