Truth now is what you make it.
Reality is not what we make it. Truth exists organically, it exists like the sun or the moon. It is discovered, not determined by committee. But whether or not someone decides to believe it is up to them. Unfortunately in this age when critical thinking and objectivity are no longer valued what 51% of people "want" the truth to be, or some person or small group "pronounces" truth to be, becomes operative fact regardless of logic and evidence to the contrary. Anyone who thinks clearly and critically and asks for evidence, or provides it, is squashed or shouted down.
One of my favorite stories is two men were watching the sun set. One said, "It's hard to believe watching this that people thought that the sun revolved around the earth. How could they ever believe such a thing?" The other man said, "Yes, your right. But I wonder what it would look like if the sun did revolve around the earth?" The point being it would look exactly the same. Those kinds of mistakes can almost be excused because it is a mistake based on objective observation. "Truth" now is based on what one WANTS reality to be rather than what it is, bringing in morality, values, desires, and biases, any of which can vary from one person to another. But the truth still exists even if 100% of a group of people choose to believe something else.
I'm pretty sure there is no Santa Claus or Easter Bunny. Beyond that I am willing to listen to what anyone has to say and weigh it on its merits. I just hope that we are not entering a time where I am not allowed to question, or someone is not allowed to let me know their point of view. When that happens the human race will lose the one thing that lets us make life livable, the ability to use our brains that elevate us above the rest of creation.
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