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Does truth exist?

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Yes - some things have been scientifically proven over and over again.

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No - there's always some element of bias shaping our knowledge.

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Maybe - but it's usually worth checking the information that we're given.

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No - much of what we know was created by man to help us understand the world.

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  • milan1
    We as humans make concepts and truth is one of them. Truth is what has happened or what will happened. This is how we made truth.
    18 Mar 2024
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  • nota bene
    believing them.
    22 Oct 2021
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  • nota bene
    you realize that while there are absolute truths, all truths can be made into subjective ones and that humans can easily be lead into
    22 Oct 2021
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  • nota bene
    this is not to say that experts are lying to us, quite to the contrary, this is just a little question for you to ponder and hopefully help
    22 Oct 2021
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  • nota bene
    society would fall apart. So we as humans could easily be tricked into believing a lie if enough people insisted that it was true. Of course
    22 Oct 2021
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  • nota bene
    other people, this is ingrained in humans evolution, as we are social animals that are programmed to trust others, since without this
    22 Oct 2021
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  • nota bene
    I enough people, say everybody but you, said that the earth was flat, would you believe them? Probably, since you are inclined to believe
    22 Oct 2021
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  • malan
    It is self-refuting because to say that "truth doesn't exist" is denying the meaning of the claim. You can ask yourself "Is that claim true"
    22 Oct 2021
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  • savannahjasmine
    what exactly is the truth though...
    20 Feb 2021
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  • notarthurfrench
    What definition of truth in this case? Do we mean do facts exist? Are we arguing that people can never give fully factually information?
    1 Feb 2021
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  • markeroni cheese
    Absolute truth exists because to say 'absolute truth does not exist' is self-defeating: is that an absolute truth? The phrase needs truth!
    13 Oct 2020
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  • autumn_leaf
    This is so tough... Truth does definitely exist but it's so often manipulated by people who want us to believe a certain thing. Tricky....
    2 Nov 2017
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  • rainbowqueen
    some things are definitely true and proven but there some things like morals and ethics that depend on your situation
    2 Nov 2017
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