04-09-2003, 03:52 PM
Hi,
For instance, a color blind person would still find that a spectrograph of the sky shows a peak in the short visible (i.e., "blue") end of the spectrum.
And, in spite of your misconception, Occhi will remain male. ;)
A person's perception of truth may be flawed. But there are matters of fact and matters of evidence and, insofar as they exist at all matters of fact are either true or they aren't. Many people, made more ignorant by exposure to a "liberal arts" education and taught by people more ignorant than themselves apply the relative truth of opinions to the absolute truth of facts.
As to the fence sitters: there is a fine difference between moderation and apathy. And, all too often, the first is used as a justification for the second. If you believe in nothing, if you care for nothing, then you will influence nothing and you will accomplish nothing. If it is your desire to do so, then you are a moderate. If you just let it happen, then you are apathetic.
But the truth, in matters of fact and often in matters of opinion, is not found at the geometric mean of the arguments. The world is not 1% flat and 99% round because that's the ratio of beliefs.
--Pete
For instance, a color blind person would still find that a spectrograph of the sky shows a peak in the short visible (i.e., "blue") end of the spectrum.
And, in spite of your misconception, Occhi will remain male. ;)
A person's perception of truth may be flawed. But there are matters of fact and matters of evidence and, insofar as they exist at all matters of fact are either true or they aren't. Many people, made more ignorant by exposure to a "liberal arts" education and taught by people more ignorant than themselves apply the relative truth of opinions to the absolute truth of facts.
As to the fence sitters: there is a fine difference between moderation and apathy. And, all too often, the first is used as a justification for the second. If you believe in nothing, if you care for nothing, then you will influence nothing and you will accomplish nothing. If it is your desire to do so, then you are a moderate. If you just let it happen, then you are apathetic.
But the truth, in matters of fact and often in matters of opinion, is not found at the geometric mean of the arguments. The world is not 1% flat and 99% round because that's the ratio of beliefs.
--Pete
How big was the aquarium in Noah's ark?