I was just thinking about our topic and I realized that what we have all come to understand really impacts our way of life more than we realize.
For example what if we took this idea and applied it in court scenario. This implication would be disastrous. Because everything and nothing is true, which would mean that whatever was brought forward as evidence could be denied by the accused and no one could prove that in their world it was or was not true.
This also has an effect on how we view people that we might consider "insane." What if what they are seeing is what is actually going on? What if we are all delusional and they are the only ones who truly see sense? Is it possible to see the truth?
As we progress farther and farther into this unit more and more question are being asked that can’t be answered because of this restraint of truth not being entirely valid. It seems backwards that now truth appears to be very restrictive while the saying says "the truth will set you free."
so how to we come to know "truth"? how do we choose truth is it what makes the most sense in our society is it whats easier for us emotionally and or practically? when oppressive governments create truth for thier interest can we fabricate truth for ourselves to justify ourselves or blind ourselves, like how d-503 used math to convince himself of happiness in the onestate?
ReplyDeleteI think that for our society we rely on each individual situation having its own truth. For example the truths in a relationship are different to truths in other situations. I think that we do create truths for our own purposes all the time. We use them to justify actions and blame things on other people, to forget what really happened and to remove guilt. This is exactly like D-503 in the onestate, because D-503 uses math (something he understands) to justify his exsistance while we use other "truths" whether fabricated or not to prove siilar things.
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