NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/alt/atheism/27078

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From: [e-mail] (Benedikt Rosenau)
Subject: Re: Evolution implied by the Bible
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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:34:13 GMT
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epowers@mccoy (POWERS) writes:

>        I'm curious what you think of my idea that if thought is
>completely due to physical processes that we can't differentiate between a
>false thought and a true one?

Depends on the definition of truth. I do not believe that there is such a
thing as objective truth that all people can perceive or would even agree on.
And similar to gods, even when there should be such a thing, the proposition
that we can never reach the full truth makes it an useless concept.


So the idea of false and true is misleading, IMO. It supposes that a thought
can be absolutely true or absolutely false. However, I agree that it is an
effect of the nature of thought that people will disagree on what is true
and what is false.

A simple example would be. Take someone who is mentally impaired,
explain Quantum Mechanics to him, show him experiments that back
the model of QM up and ask if QM is true? And when you hear the
answer, ask yourself what meaning it has.

And then there are more difficult questions like true to whom?
In other words, difference in opinion appears to be a necessary
consequence of the different experiences and the different
equipment of humans.
   Benedikt