I think the real issue is that people, in general, don't even care about 'truth', however presented or formulated.But of course truth is what is still there despite what you say about it. A post-truth world must fail. — Banno
Truth no longer corresponds to a metaphysical reality, which no physics could ever change or alter, but to the reality of physics itself. — Agustino
You can fool some people sometimes, but not all people all the time. And when there is evident cencorship, evident manipulation, people become extremely sceptic, those that have interest in politics in generalWhat's more, how can someone know what the truth is when fed all of this propaganda and manufactured consent throughout their lives?
The only option in my search for answers about issues was to resort to Chomsky and other like-minded intellectuals. — Question
Objective facts can be changed, and therefore changing them is deciding what the truth is. I see nothing wrong with post-truth, it's merely the logical conclusion of the identity of truth and empirical reality that happened after the advent of post-modernism. Truth no longer corresponds to a metaphysical reality, which no physics could ever change or alter, but to the reality of physics itself — Agustino
If they added it to the dictionary, it must be regularly in use, no? I thought that was a criterion for the admission of new words. The thing is, though, that I've not really seen anyone using "post-truth." Is there some milieu I don't pay much attention to where it's a popular term? LitCrit papers or something maybe? — Terrapin Station
There. I just changed the objective fact that there was no reply to your post. How bout that?Objective facts can't be changed, only the interpretation of them can. — intrapersona
Suppose I tell you my height is 6 ft tall.
How is that fact just an interpretation? — m-theory
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