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Feb 03, 2010 11:51

Its definitely a difficult, but well worthwhile, struggle to convince oneself of that which is truly important in life.

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Green is true anonymous March 10 2010, 09:33:26 UTC
Nope, “truth” is not universal either…..truth is actually subjective to each individual interpretation of it…..even if two people witness the exact same event, both will give a “true” but different version of said witnessed events, based on their own point of view. What is truly important in life will be different for everybody. Some will find money truly important, others fame, others love, others beauty, others (insert thing here), so, his statement is not meaningless. Take for example: Green. Green is green right? It’s “truly” green….or is it? A color blind person will see brown. Normal sighted people will see slightly different hues of ‘green’ (according to some scientists somewhere, people all experience colors slightly different). A scientific instrument will not ‘see’ green at all, but detect it as waves. What is ‘truly’ green? Well, it exists as green and that’s a verifiable truth, but it’s also just as true that no two people actually see the same green. So, then some smart philosopher out there might ask “then what is true about green?” We all see something we collectively call green, but does that make it ‘true?’ Is it the wavelength detectable by scientific instruments that makes it true or is it that we collectively witness something we agree to call green? What is true about green? What could be false about it?
So…..???:-)

Truth
1.the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
2.conformity with fact or reality; verity: the truth of a statement.
3.a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like: mathematical truths.
4.the state or character of being true.
5.actuality or actual existence.
6.an obvious or accepted fact; truism; platitude.
7.honesty; integrity; truthfulness.
8.(often initial capital letter) ideal or fundamental reality apart from and transcending perceived experience: the basic truths of life.
9.agreement with a standard or original.
10.accuracy, as of position or adjustment.
11.Archaic. fidelity or constancy.
-Idiom
12.in truth, in reality; in fact; actually: In truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME treuthe, OE trēowth (c. ON tryggth faith). See true, -th1

-Related forms
truthless, adjective
truth•less•ness, noun
mis•truth, noun
non•truth, noun

-Can be confused: truism, truth.

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Re: Green is true mrunionjack March 11 2010, 20:36:52 UTC
Thanks for the excellent comment, hits on a lot of points, I've always discussed/debated with people over the years. I only wish I knew who wrote this, but not every thing is meant to be known,right?

I've always thought it'd be interesting, albeit very freaky, to observe a day from someone else's eyes. I think we'd all be extremely shocked with what we saw.

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