No, truth is NOT reality. If it were, there would be no point in searching for it. You don't have to search for reality. It's right there all the time.
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-virus@lucifer.com [mailto:owner-virus@lucifer.com]On Behalf
Of sodom
Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 1999 11:52 AM
To: 'virus@lucifer.com'
Subject: RE: Truth at all costs (was RE: virus: from the Skeptic's
newsletter...)
Truth is reality - To say I am searching for truth is putting the cart ahead of the mule as any truth I look for has me incorporated into it. I don't search for truth - I look at the evidence and choose based upon the odds. When the odds are extreme I accept this information as "truth" until there is evidence to the contrary. I am not disappointed when I am wrong - being wrong is an excellent opportunity to improve. I am happy to be right, if right was earned from my labors. If I am right by guessing or default - I am usually upset - this drives my ego to understand WHY I was right.
I suppose from my perspective - there is a cost associated with not looking for "truth" - finding truth is just a matter of decision.
Bill Roh
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Boyd [SMTP:6ceb3@qlink.queensu.ca] Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 1:14 PM To: virus@lucifer.com Subject: Re: Truth at all costs (was RE: virus: from the Skeptic'snewsletter...)
Hi,
From: sodom <sodom@ma.ultranet.com>:
>Truth has no cost
Truth has no cost? Could you elaborate? I've always thought that truth had a pretty big cost (e.g. the purpose of a proof is to *compel* belief; the capital t Truth *forces* the issue)
ERiC