Lots of people use "productive conversation" as a euphemism for "everyone ends up agreeing with everything else" which is a weird worldview to me as someone who seeks truth

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[–]Klenvastergan[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Nobody creates truth.

Truth is that which is true, not what you believe is true.

[–]StrategicTactic 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Using a term to describe itself is a recursive fallacy. A better definition that I heard:

Truth is that which comports to reality.

[–]Klenvastergan[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Reality is that which is true.

Truth is that which is.

[–]NodeThis is my flair. There are many like it, but this one is mine. 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The slight problem is that humans "have difficulty" apprehending reality. We would pretty much need to be God to perceive actual reality. And so, there's no agreement on what constitutes truth.

Even the everyday practical working 'truths' you're referring to will lead back to this problem, if pursued far enough.

[–]killerjavi98 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

To comprehend that which is incomprehensible one must comprehend that there are incomprehensible things. The Laws of Physics is a truth we all understand but we understand that the cause might be incomprehensible because how we currently experience our state of consciousness. However we can uplift humanity to understand the truths and apply it to our current state of consciousness or reality. Then maybe we can understand these obscure metaphysical concepts like AIN SOPH

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Any 2 ideas can be combined to create a new idea. When you have 2 ideas, you have millions of them. All these ideas can be truthful.

Because, what is at the core of truth? The change in our sensory organs? The difference between what is and what wasn't? The truths that can be created by combing any 2 physical sensations are endless.

The amount of truth in the world is infinite. You can't consume it all with your finite head. Attempts to force the truth from your head into the heads of other people, won't succeed. Their heads are also finite, and aren't empty.

So just let them collect what they want to.

[–]Klenvastergan[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Lots of ideas are false.

True ideas are good.