[ExI] What can be said to be "wrong", and what is "Truth"
Lee Corbin
lcorbin at rawbw.com
Mon Oct 13 17:36:52 UTC 2008
Mike writes
> [Jef wrote]
>
>> And that's perfectly all right. Indeed -- and this is my point --
>> we're better off in practical terms to acknowledge this inherent
>> subjectivity, removing the unwarranted conceptual bump from our model,
>> to reduce the friction involved in further updating our model in a
>> world of accelerating change.
>
> That is perhaps the most succinctly you have stated your position of
> which I am aware. You might appreciate that it contains zero
> occurrences of "increasingly".
Mike, in your opinion, what is said here that is not captured
simply by "I could be wrong"?
> I suggest there is no way to assume a root of reality any more
> than it is possible to discuss the reality of an objective point of
> view.
Can you give me any examples for what it *is* possible to
discuss the reality of? I just want to make sure I understand
you.
Lee
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