It is impossible to talk about right and wrong, good and bad without this basic agreement: truth is real and knowable but often obscured. Some truth is very obvious and very few will deny it. If I asked, "Is it true that you reading this blog?" you would probably answer, "It is true." You could answer negatively or ambiguously as those who say that there is no physical reality but all a construct of some transcendent metaphysical supper intelligence. If you did, you wouldn't sound very intelligent and any discussion with you about the subject would surely anger the TMSI (and bore the crap out of everyone else.)
If I asked, "Is it true that most politicians are deceitful?" you could either agree or disagree with an intelligent, well informed answer. This is the middle ground of truth; the things that are not obviously true and not obviously untrue. The exact real estate of this middle ground will move greatly depending on you point of view. But my goal is to ask questions, provide discussions, and hopefully answers to the middle ground of truth.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
Greetings
Hello, old friends and new. I hope to spend some time together here as we all consider things we thought we knew or realize the truth about things we haven't considered before. I want to tell you a little about my purpose and scope here.
I spend much of my time thinking, considering, self-debating, and planning about many things. Most of the time I'm doing this as a secondary task. My primary task at any given time being some menial chore like my job or driving. Both mostly a waist of time. My point here is three-fold. One, to get some of these ideas from the ether onto something more solid, tangible. I also seek to get some feedback on these posts. My interest is often peeked at times when other people start to yawn so I'm curious to find out what other people think. Finally, I'm trying to develop my writing skill. If anyone wishes to give feedback on that, I would welcome it as well.
Subject-Taboo. They say the two things you should never talk about are religion and politics... I think whoever said that was afraid they couldn't support their opinions. These are a primary subjects. I will also write about science (I guarantee controversy), philosophy, current events, and technology from time to time.
Here's a clue about where I'm coming from. I believe in truth. I think there are some things that after varying levels of examination and consideration, we can know to be true. There are other things that we might never know. But my contention is that this proves the inadequacy of the human mind or vision rather than the lack of a definitive truth. I think my next post will be on this very subject.
I hope you enjoy the reading as much as I enjoy the writing. If you think I'm an idiot, or a genius, let me know!
I spend much of my time thinking, considering, self-debating, and planning about many things. Most of the time I'm doing this as a secondary task. My primary task at any given time being some menial chore like my job or driving. Both mostly a waist of time. My point here is three-fold. One, to get some of these ideas from the ether onto something more solid, tangible. I also seek to get some feedback on these posts. My interest is often peeked at times when other people start to yawn so I'm curious to find out what other people think. Finally, I'm trying to develop my writing skill. If anyone wishes to give feedback on that, I would welcome it as well.
Subject-Taboo. They say the two things you should never talk about are religion and politics... I think whoever said that was afraid they couldn't support their opinions. These are a primary subjects. I will also write about science (I guarantee controversy), philosophy, current events, and technology from time to time.
Here's a clue about where I'm coming from. I believe in truth. I think there are some things that after varying levels of examination and consideration, we can know to be true. There are other things that we might never know. But my contention is that this proves the inadequacy of the human mind or vision rather than the lack of a definitive truth. I think my next post will be on this very subject.
I hope you enjoy the reading as much as I enjoy the writing. If you think I'm an idiot, or a genius, let me know!
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