What?

Jan 24, 2023
1:00:29pm

Blue Print All-American

What?

Reread my post, two or three times if necessary. Can anyone on this site read for comprehension or does everyone just lie in wait to make some banal point regardless of the topic?

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Blue Print

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"my truth" or "your truth" is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. sorry.

Supercoug

Jan 24, 6:47am

When you accept that there is no objective truth, life becomes much simpler

Indy Coug

Jan 24, 6:48am

In the short run.

Blue Print

Jan 24, 6:53am

Whatever serves my interests in the here and now

Indy Coug

Jan 24, 6:57am

I’m glad people are starting to see it my way.

WDaddy

Jan 24, 7:39am

there is no spoon

demon_llama

Jan 24, 8:05am

Good point. However, I can see the opposite as well - if one accepts that there

LeGrandBleu

Jan 24, 8:29am

But that cannot be truth. Things are or they are not. They were or they were not

TailgateU

Jan 24, 1:25pm

How you have explained it is the best way IMO. On the flip, I had had some very

Ode to Hoy

Jan 24, 10:14pm

Yeah, 3 terms people need to understand are truth, belief, and opinion.

TailgateU

Jan 25, 9:36am

It's a terrible phrase ... let's please go back to "my opinion."

sakar12

Jan 24, 6:50am

Pretty shocked it's a U of U guy thumbs-downing a post about lack of thinking.

Supercoug

Jan 24, 6:55am

There is some truth to it though. I agree it is used to just justify anything a

Ozymandias

Jan 24, 6:57am

maybe "my viewpoint" or "my perspective" might be better then???

rotorhead

Jan 24, 7:00am

Isn't that understanding someone's perspective? There's just a

Supercoug

Jan 24, 7:00am

It is understanding that they take in truth differently than I do.

Ozymandias

Jan 24, 7:02am

Agreed. "Truth" is just so absolute sounding.

sakar12

Jan 24, 7:02am

i was trying to make the same point - call your perspective your perspective

rotorhead

Jan 24, 7:14am

But then there is no truth because we can only observe truth from our imperfect

Ozymandias

Jan 24, 7:56am

My experience or opinion are better, or just coming out and calling it anecdotal

vagabonder

Jan 24, 7:00am

That's true, but possibly the most dangerous thing in the history of the world is people being completely certain that

Byron McNertney

Jan 24, 7:00am

are these two things mutually exclusive?

Supercoug

Jan 24, 7:01am

No. That's why I started by saying your post is true.

Byron McNertney

Jan 24, 7:03am

then we probably agree

Supercoug

Jan 24, 7:04am

They just mean "my perspective or opinion" but they want to make sure you can't disagree.

Ted Lasso

Jan 24, 7:08am

And others call their perspective or opinion "THE truth."

Byron McNertney

Jan 24, 7:13am

There’s a fundamental difference between “the truth” and “my truth.”

Blue Print

Jan 24, 7:33am

Many people, even here on this board, proclaim “truth” related to unobjective

Ozymandias

Jan 24, 7:59am

What absolute nonsense.

Blue Print

Jan 24, 8:59am

Lol. Strawmen everywhere. Where did I ever say or even imply that I object to

Ozymandias

Jan 24, 10:04am

Keep digging.

Blue Print

Jan 24, 10:25am

I am open to everyone sharing their truth. You are the one who is not. What am I

Ozymandias

Jan 24, 10:54am

I don't care about people sharing their truth. I object to them requiring that

Blue Print

Jan 24, 11:03am

That isn’t what you seemed to imply in your first post on this thread.

Ozymandias

Jan 24, 11:18am

What?

Blue Print

Jan 24, 1:00pm

Haha, that is exactly what I had to do. You keep moving the goal posts in the

Ozymandias

Jan 24, 1:27pm

So, you're a student of the Derek Zoolander school I see.

Blue Print

Jan 24, 3:03pm

Lol. That is your truth I suppose.

Ozymandias

Jan 24, 3:59pm

You go find two lines where I ever contradicted myself in this thread.

Blue Print

Jan 25, 9:03am

Further changing the argument to bring in items that haven’t been discussed

Ozymandias

Jan 25, 9:48am

And as as I wrote in my post, many use the term "the truth" the same way others use "my truth."

Byron McNertney

Jan 24, 8:04am

No, I don’t think so. A person who understands personal perspective would not

King of Y

Jan 24, 11:40pm

No need to apologize.

Lifer

Jan 24, 7:37am

RE: "my truth" or "your truth" is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. sorry.

Doogal McCougar

Jan 24, 8:42am

Thought a lot about this over the years. Trouble is, “reality” is complex. Why?

canofpicante

Jan 24, 12:36pm

ACTUALLY:) Iirc, in quantum mechanics, two observers can look at the same

Undefeated

Jan 24, 11:15pm

You might think this is crazy. But I think you are right. I’ve heard many times

canofpicante

Jan 25, 8:44am

Ha. My dad just told me the other day that I think too much. If I had time right

Undefeated

Jan 25, 8:56am

In short, I believe that the behavior of electrons, literally being everywhere

canofpicante

Jan 25, 10:07am

Now I see.

Undefeated

Jan 25, 11:01am

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