tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post1555687852638380634..comments2024-03-22T03:19:38.110-04:00Comments on Forever In Hell: The Eye of the BeholderPersonalFailurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-28484115271475060762010-04-27T21:48:36.533-04:002010-04-27T21:48:36.533-04:00I don't think I would ever call any science &q...I don't think I would ever call any science "truth". However, it is certainly our best (and to date, most successful) attempt at getting to the truth.<br /><br />Additionally, the truth science uncovers is also not "universal" but rather from a particular point of view. The good thing, however, is that this point of view is almost always completely defined (through mathematics), and open for everyone to see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-15244357421289133992010-04-27T17:34:18.801-04:002010-04-27T17:34:18.801-04:00Misdefinitions destroy civilisation? This I have t...Misdefinitions destroy civilisation? This I have to see...<br /><br />Intelligent: <i>adj.</i> Of, or relating to, Ray Comf- <a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/uimage/PFrwjr1/large/shoop-da-whoop-wallpaper.jpg" rel="nofollow">BLAARRRRRR!!!</a><br /><br />It works!Quasarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398018171200335379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-29209343496958364632010-04-27T16:26:26.592-04:002010-04-27T16:26:26.592-04:00You may be able to find support your false definit...You may be able to find support your false definitions, but they are clearly in error, for it is written:<br /><br /><i>TRUTH• noun. 2 That which is true as opposed to false.</i><br /><br />No true English speaker would believe otherwise. We cannot simply pick and choose what parts of the dictionary to have faith in. Do we really have the wisdom and understanding to say that this definition is true while this other definition is false? We cannot go cherry picking for the parts that make us feel good about our own speech. <br /><br />As English speakers we must submit to the authority of the Oxford English Dictionary 2nd Edition, Mar 2010 Revision. All others are false, and will lead us astray. Please stop your blasphemous attempts destroy civilization. Thank you.uzzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02494141255401096538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-18352573531235986342010-04-27T11:18:08.578-04:002010-04-27T11:18:08.578-04:00Actually, I did kind of anticipate that, but "...Actually, I did kind of anticipate that, but "truth" can be used in the sense of "explanations that fit available data" and in the sense of "personally relevant to me".<br /><br />I both love and abhor the plasticity of the English language.PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-41741508099330782002010-04-27T10:53:01.949-04:002010-04-27T10:53:01.949-04:00Wrong, wrong, wrong. Science doesn't deal wit...Wrong, wrong, wrong. Science doesn't deal with Truth. It deals with the best explanation that fits available data, and unlike the fantasy unchanging Truth of religion, the explanations are contingent on the data and ready to change at any moment if the data changes. <br /><br />So you're both wrong, but PF is only a little wrong, compared to<i><br />“seems to me that the only way for the whole notion of Truth to make any sense at all is to see it not as some abstract and beautiful ideal or quaint and old-fashioned notion, but as a Person.<br />A Person, who knows each of us and loves us beyond our imaginings.” </i> <br />The wrongness there is downright fractal.uzzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02494141255401096538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-27781757952872644392010-04-27T10:14:09.134-04:002010-04-27T10:14:09.134-04:00Perfectly put. I just posted a similar discussion...Perfectly put. I just posted a similar discussion about beauty being subjective. I wonder if religionists are unable to understand these things or just choose not to.Rykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16424545934239146403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-9816971962189246622010-04-27T10:11:05.806-04:002010-04-27T10:11:05.806-04:00Yes, that's right, the Universal Truths of art...Yes, that's right, the Universal Truths of art, literature, and poetry... aren't actually universal. (If you haven't read it already, I heartily recommend <a href="http://law.ubalt.edu/downloads/law_downloads/IRC_Shakespeare_in_the_Bush1.pdf" rel="nofollow">Shakespeare in the Bush</a> for a look at how great literature transcends culture. Hint: it doesn't.) <br /><br />These people need to get out more.Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.com