I agree people are cowards to look at the truth and look at it for along time untill they understand how they can contribute in their lives
On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 7:58 AM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > We can bleat forever about the nature of truth. I generally prefer a > limited notion of truth and honesty against lies and deception. This > is not the whole story, but broadly speaking, if I'm on a jury I want > to know 'the truth' to make my decision. I don't much fancy sending > someone to the gallows on the basis of whether Jupiter is in > conjunction with a horse's ass. What has happened to this level of > truth and in whose interests is it to make it so difficult to know > about global warming, wealth, what our basic ways of living should be > and so on? An exploration of human and vested interests is likely to > tell us more about this than trying to find personal integrity. The > general academic consensus is that we shy away from even looking at > what goes on in the world because we are dire cowards who need to live > in relativistic cloud-cuckoo lands and that reality is too tough for > us. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<minds-eye%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
