I love conversations like this! It’s one of those questions that keep philosophers awake at night! The honest answer is to everything: it depends entirely on the lens you are looking through. In the realm of pure logic and mathematics, absolute truths definitely exist. They're true by definition within their own systems. They don't depend on human opinion, culture, or the state of the universe, however, the catch is always going to be human perception. Some people with a different cognitive worldview tend to overanalyze and over-conceptualize absoluteness which is an error in itself. It gets tricky because while an absolute physical reality exists, our understanding of it is always limited by our senses, but I think we prove by our existence & motivations everyday that absolute truths exist, otherwise everything would be utterly pointless. So we're doing something right.
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The ending is the part that stuck with me: "Give some grace today to the 'other guy', because they know the same amount of things you know, which is nothing."
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I love conversations like this! It’s one of those questions that keep philosophers awake at night! The honest answer is to everything: it depends entirely on the lens you are looking through. In the realm of pure logic and mathematics, absolute truths definitely exist. They're true by definition within their own systems. They don't depend on human opinion, culture, or the state of the universe, however, the catch is always going to be human perception. Some people with a different cognitive worldview tend to overanalyze and over-conceptualize absoluteness which is an error in itself. It gets tricky because while an absolute physical reality exists, our understanding of it is always limited by our senses, but I think we prove by our existence & motivations everyday that absolute truths exist, otherwise everything would be utterly pointless. So we're doing something right.
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I subscribed like yesterday lol. Let's connect & we'll support each other's growth. I look forward to new content of yours
I love it!
I think you might like my piece 'Mystery.' My proposal to the solution for your argument is to be okay with the empty space of not knowing.
https://elizabethhayashi.substack.com/p/mystery?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=6srrme
The ending is the part that stuck with me: "Give some grace today to the 'other guy', because they know the same amount of things you know, which is nothing."
I hadn't thought about it from that angle before. Thanks for sharing.
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Yes, absolutely I’ll subscribe. I’m looking forward to reading more of your work.
Wow this is amazing love your creativity on this piece :)
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Thank you did as well