Comment on Is "AI" the end of truth?
Steve@communick.news 3 days agoNobody defines reality. We discover reality. Reality defines us.
Reality doesn’t care about any idea, hypothesis, or theory.
Reality is ignorant of courts, votes, or opinion.
Reality is what is, and we just make up stories that may or may not agree with reality. Makes no difference to reality.
phonics@lemmy.world 2 days ago
so truth then would also be absolute? and not a human perception?
i feel like humans use truth more relatively. perhaps there should be distinctions between absolute truth and relative truth in the english language.
some people ‘believe’ aliens to be true. believe in a truth. you shouldnt have to believe a truth if it has no counterpoint. like if gravity is truth. you shouldn’t be able to believe in it. it should just happen to you.
Steve@communick.news 2 days ago
They believe in an idea. They believe that idea is true.
In my experience, when people talk about some subjective Truth, they say things like “my truth” or “feels true”. They aren’t making a claim beyond their subjective perceptions. And while their perceptions are true, (meaning those perceptions happened to them), those perceptions aren’t necessarily an account of real external events. That’s how stage magic works. It looks like one thing, but what it looks like isn’t reality.
And saying you shouldn’t be able to believe in something because it’s real, sounds very strange. Maybe you mean, you shouldn’t need to believe in something because it’s real?
phonics@lemmy.world 2 days ago
so as it turns out after doing further research, there are theories of truth. and we are both correct 😂
When you say “The Eiffel Tower is in Paris,” if the Eiffel Tower is indeed in Paris (which it is), your statement is true.
Coherence Theory: The belief is logically consistence within a system of beliefs. Your belief is coherent with your other beliefs, making it true under this theory.
Imagine you believe that “All humans need food to survive” and you also believe that “John is a human.” From these, you logically conclude that “John needs food to survive.”
Pragmatic Theory: Truth is what works or is practical.
If you believe that “studying hard leads to good grades” and you actually get good grades by studying hard, your belief proves true in a practical sense.
Other Theories: Other theories, like the Constructivist or Consensus theories, offer unique ways of assessing truth. They remind us that truth can be seen differently depending on cultural, social, or individual lenses.
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