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[mrunionjack]

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

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[gallusgallus]

"Importance in life" is a subjective judgement.
"Truth", however, is universal.
Therefore, "that which is truly important in life" is a meaningless phrase.
QED

Green is true

[gallusgallus]

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

Re: Green is true

[mrunionjack]

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.