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What do you believe is "truth"?

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So I thought I make a thread that would be fun to discuss ideas and opinions on what you guys can conclude about nature and the Universe.

Just anything you believe in or are certain of.

2011-11-06 01:13:00

Author:
comishguy67
Posts: 849

Truth is entirely subjective.2011-11-06 01:23:00

Author:
Macnme
Posts: 1970

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'nuff said.		2011-11-06 15:28:00

Author:
VenemoX
Posts: 197

Isn't This Nearly the same as "Scientific Discussion"?2011-11-06 15:33:00

Author:
Valeview
Posts: 1581

Isn't This Nearly the same as "Scientific Discussion"?
This is a philosophic question, but yeah a lot of what's in that thread is more like philosophy anyway. XD		2011-11-06 16:58:00

Author:
Ayneh
Posts: 2454

It is actually an interesting philosophical point.. What is "truth".

Take something that is universally regarded as "true":
Such as 1+1=2.
All well and good - you can do the same sum as many times as you like and it'll always get the same result.

But if you were to break down the constituent parts; eg 1=3/3rds things start to break down.
1/3=0.33...(recurring)% - from here on will be notated as 0.(3)
0.(3) + 0.(3) + 0.(3) = 0.(9)

So therefore 1+1 = 1.99....98 ;
But of course the "98" is at the end of an infinite chain of 9's.


Your world = Rocked 		2011-11-07 00:26:00

Author:
Macnme
Posts: 1970

It is actually an interesting philosophical point.. What is "truth".

Take something that is universally regarded as "true":
Such as 1+1=2.
All well and good - you can do the same sum as many times as you like and it'll always get the same result.

But if you were to break down the constituent parts; eg 1=3/3rds things start to break down.
1/3=0.33...(recurring)% - from here on will be notated as 0.(3)
0.(3) + 0.(3) + 0.(3) = 0.(9)

So therefore 1+1 = 1.99....98 ;
But of course the "98" is at the end of an infinite chain of 9's.


Your world = Rocked
Well, I'm not sure if that quite counts, since that's really only because we count in base 10 and thus chose 100% to represent a whole. That's why when I did maths during high school we would always use 1/3 instead of 0.33* otherwise it wouldn't really work. If we were to count in base 12 and use 120% to represent a whole however.		2011-11-07 00:48:00

Author:
SR20DETDOG
Posts: 2431

Who do you know that represents a whole as 120%?

I bet you're one of those people who gives motivational speeches and tells people to give 110%!

I blame those pesky Romans and their decimal system!

The point I was making is that 1+1 doesn't always = 2. It depends.		2011-11-07 01:04:00

Author:
Macnme
Posts: 1970

The cake.2011-11-07 01:10:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

Does anyone here have an iPhone 4S? They should ask Siri "What is the truth?".2011-11-07 01:37:00

Author:
alaskadawn
Posts: 101

I'll tell you what isn't the truth. The cake. 2011-11-07 02:00:00

Author:
Undarivik
Posts: 442

The truth is a lie! 2011-11-07 02:22:00

Author:
DominationMags
Posts: 1840

The cake is real - and I have proof!
Here it is in my hand....*nom*

....oh! It's gone!!!

Ok... so what is true, is that you can't have your cake & eat it 		2011-11-07 04:52:00

Author:
Macnme
Posts: 1970

There are always 3 at least truths for everything...
My version, your version and what really happened...		2011-11-07 06:14:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

" There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true."
Sir Winston Churchill		2011-11-07 07:42:00

Author:
Macnme
Posts: 1970

Nothing Is true.
Everything Is Permitted		2011-11-07 21:01:00

Author:
SnipySev
Posts: 2452

Nothing Is true.
Everything Is Permitted

OR...

Everything is true.

Nothing is Permitted.

OR!...

Permission is Everything

Truth is Nothing.

OR!!...

Nothing Truth is

Permission Everything is.

OR!!!....

Permission Truth Nothing

Everything is is.



Eh...one of those are right. 		2011-11-07 23:13:00

Author:
comishguy67
Posts: 849

I think, therefore I am
C'mon, that's gotta count for something, right?		2011-11-09 15:53:00

Author:
kirbyman62
Posts: 1893

I think, therefore I am
C'mon, that's gotta count for something, right?
I am what I am and that's all that I am -- Popeye		2011-11-10 00:40:00

Author:
Ayneh
Posts: 2454

Truth is absolute certainty.

If you truly believe in something, and are completely certain of something, its the truth, to you at least.
There can be multiple truths to a subject/ discussion, depending on the people as well.

In a way, "truth" is closer to just being an opinion, or at least that's my opinion. 		2011-11-10 01:43:00

Author:
Silverleon
Posts: 6707

There is no fact. Any proclaimed "truth" is nearly a view. I may see winged beavers flying across the sky. Everyone else may not. They tell me what I see is not there. But it IS there to me. Perhaps the beavers ARE there, but only I see them. But, if no one else can see them, they are not there to them. No, wait. We cannot rely on sight. Seeing is not believing. The blind can know something is there. But then again, is it? Our senses tell us what is and what is not, but can we trust ourselves to know this? Hm...2011-11-23 04:24:00

Author:
Unknown User

There is no fact. Any proclaimed "truth" is nearly a view. I may see winged beavers flying across the sky. Everyone else may not. They tell me what I see is not there. But it IS there to me. Perhaps the beavers ARE there, but only I see them. But, if no one else can see them, they are not there to them. No, wait. We cannot rely on sight. Seeing is not believing. The blind can know something is there. But then again, is it? Our senses tell us what is and what is not, but can we trust ourselves to know this? Hm...

Biologically speaking...we see what's there. Now do we all 'interpret' things correctly?

Nope. 		2011-11-23 14:15:00

Author:
comishguy67
Posts: 849

I Think the truth is true. there is no right and there is no wrong.
I believe there is a parralel universe.
I beliieve that I am being abduct-		2011-11-23 19:27:00

Author:
Valeview
Posts: 1581

Truth is more than often just an opinion shared by the majority.2011-12-03 16:06:00

Author:
Luos_83
Posts: 2136

"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."
Phillip K D!ck		2011-12-04 20:16:00

Author:
Macnme
Posts: 1970


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