Matt,
I think the concept of "multiple truths" is more applicable to: this glass
is half full AND half empty at the same time. A great story I once read
pertaining to the theory of relativity goes something like this: there are
two brothers, Speedo and Goslo. Speedo gets in this crazy spaceship that
approaches the speed of light and zooms to Proxima Centauri or someplace. At
the end of his trip, Earth and everybody on it has aged much "faster" than he
has. From Goslo's point of view, the spaceship zoomed away and Speedo was in
essentially slow motion the entire time. From Speedo's equally valid point
of view, the earth zoomed away from him and was in "fast forward" the entire
time. The kicker is, both perspectives are "absolute truth". Neither is any
more valid than the other one, yet they are in direct contradiction. In
Pirsigese, each respective story holds higher respective value patterns for
each respective observer. I'm not sure this has cleared anything up, I just
really like telling that story to blow people's minds.
-Jamie
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