I like who ever said Art is a lie that reveals the truth.
-----Original Message----- From: rigsy03 <[email protected]> To: "Minds Eye" <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Nov 29, 2009 9:02 pm Subject: [Mind's Eye] Re: The Interests of Truth Often the power of literature- and other arts- is exposing the false. The surprise ending, the slipped thought, the careless gesture, i.e. the "giveaways" that reveal much more than the character or subject intends= the jig is up! On Nov 29, 6:44 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > Academics have become pretty feeble themselves. Some scientists tell > me they think most people are too scared to think of themselves as > constrained to the speed of light. I tend towards watching what > happens to people when they are challenged by authority - most cave > in. People also beat up on victims by blaming them for their own > plight. This seems to me to be connected with knowledge and truth > having roles in maintaining false world-views. > > On 29 Nov, 21:00, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > To me those are the cowards, who only look up the truth in man-made > > scripture and don't look up at the stars, the sun, and the moon to put > > whatever into perspective. > > > On 29 Nov., 17:08, dj Briscoe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > > > > .com> > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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. -- 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.
