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Originally Posted by $5 submissions
There's a lot to be said for this observation since, ultimately, people make their own reality. Everything we perceive--we perceive through social, cultural, political, and personal filters. Two people can look at the same FACT and walk away with two or more "Truths". With that said, does this dynamic CHEAPEN the notion of THE TRUTH? Or... in this postmodern deconstructivist world, there is REALLY no such thing as an ABSOLUTE truth? Discuss.
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Excellent question, and actually the second time in two weeks I've had a discussion on "absolutes". The last one was a little more tongue in cheek, as it was with one of my best friends (a guy) who insists there is no such thing as a "Perfect Ten" on the rating scale of guys/girls. His position is that there are no absolutes. My position is that the rating is entirely subjective to the reviewer and in that light one person's 6 is another person's perfection. And from there we entered the chicken and the egg circular convo
So, in relation to this discussion, another question: is truth subjective? Who decides which person's perception of the same event to be honest or more factual? The reader/consumer/student? Or is the perception of truth ultimately based on a consensus among a group? And, most importantly, is the ever-present "Would you hit it?" post on GFY evidence of this?
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is that in marketing these two books as non-fiction, yes they have cheapened the concept of "truth". But I wonder if I would have known of them or bought & read them if they were fiction? Probably not. And I'm happy to have read them and applied some of the insights to my life.
Ok that's way more thinking than I planned on doing on GFY - EVER!