Truth
June 24th, 2009
Truth
Published on June 24th, 2009 @ 09:05:08 pm , using 332 words, 1196 views
Is there any? A truth? Something that is true?
Is truth real, or just a whisper of our imagination? 2 + 2 = 4? Yes, it is, if you follow the guidelines made by men considering mathematics. But does that make it true? Real? Is it more than something our mind has made up?
Questions. Can words ever tell truth, or can they only hint at it? Will we ever know?
A little experiment. What if something would come up and show you the entire world is fake. Like in the matrix for instance. Everything you believed to be true is shattered, broken down to binary code. And you would awaking in a new place, a new world. Would that make the old world false? And, will that make the new world real? Can't the new world just be another layer of virtual reality?
The same with God. God is infinitely more advanced than human. It is supreme, more perfect than we will ever be. If something godlike would reveal itself, can we be sure it would be God? Couldn't it be just a more advanced alien specie saying it is God? In the end, will one ever know whether God is true or false? Or is He both? Is He none? Is He a She, an It? Can we know? Will we know? Must we know?
When you believe 100%, without reservations, that something is true, it will be. Because you won't doubt it, ever. So as long as you keep 100% faith, it will be so. It will be so until new insights will make you doubt whether it is so. But if your faith is strong and deep enough, no insight will likely be able to change your mind. If your way of thinking will never doubt that single thing you believe is true, then none will. And it will be true. We are able to make our own world with strong enough believe.
What consequences would that have? And, how does your world looks like?
2 comments
"What if something would come up and show you the entire world is fake. Everything you believed to be true is shattered, broken down to binary code. Would that make the old world false?"
Indeed, in the case of many things you believed to be real/true, you will have to say that they have been unreal, an illusion, not true. But the old world itself would only be "false" concerning a certain attribute: physical reality. If you say "the Matrix World and all its entities are physically existing", this is false. Everything else, like, that you can actually eat bananas there, have feelings, etc. is true! The fact that those actions/feelings are illusions made by a program doesnt affect the fact, that you can take those actions/feelings there. Only the ontological status changes: all inside the Matrix is an illusion - but, as an illusion it is true. Inside the Matrix Cypher says: "I know that this steak isnt real" which means: Cypher knows that it is true, that this steak isnt real. So, to repeat, only certain aspects of the "old world" are false. And yes, if the "new world" would be a fake world again, we would have to reconsider what is real/true again. But we could e.g. argue, that certain aspects of reality, like the rules of logical thinking or mathematics are necessarily true in all possible worlds.
random thoughts: Many philsophers would say that 3-2=1 is always true, in all possible worlds.
Descartes says, my own subjectivity, the pure "i am thinking" is absolutely clear and true: Even if something/someone deceives him, this proves to him, that he has to be, because otherwise noone would be there to be deceived.
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