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Sunday, January 11, 2015

[[On truth]]

So I found this on 9gag, yes I am wasting time on 9gag. I think notwithstanding its condescending tone, it does rest on a simple irrefutable principle - that the truth is independent of belief.

The truth is the truth. The truth 'is' (I used the quotation marks to help those that might be confused). The truth is, regardless of what effects it might have. The truth doesn't give two shits about what anyone thinks about it.

Because the truth is, I think it is important that we seek the truth for it is what is as opposed to what 'is not'. You might think this is all very obvious and all but let me elaborate a little more. The truth is not suited to any human whims. The axiom 'a lie repeated long enough becomes the truth' is false. A lie repeated long enough becomes thought of as the truth. As mentioned before, the truth is independent of what is thought of as the truth.

So what?

So we ought to seek the truth for it does not come to us easily. Take for example the case of God. God doesn't exist simply because it would be nice for humanity to have a guardian, to have a entity to seperate the righteous from the unrighteous or to plug in gaps within human knowledge. Similarly, God doesn't not exist because it would be awful if unbelievers are condemned to hell, people are judged for their actions in the end or because human knowledge does not prove God. If God exists, he exists, it just is.

There is no utility involved when reasoning about the truth. The truth doesn't give two shits about utility. A lie or a falsehood that brings about supposed better utility is not. Regardless of the outcome, it is not!

If the truth demanded belief (Wrt to the article), then there would be no new discoveries, no new knowledge and we would be omniscient.

Given this, what is the point of convincing other people that the truth is the truth? What is the point of convincing others about atheism or religion. Perhaps there is a reason for religion to be spread inherent in religion such as a religious edict or command. But what convincing reason can there be for spreading atheism? If it is it is, same for religion.

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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

[[The beginning of something]]

Well, the most pressing thing on my mind now is the fact that I have somehow managed to waste one and a half hour of my time mindlessly entertaining myself on the internet. This happened despite the fact that I had the intention of starting to write this way before I got home today. Now that it is almost 2145, I’m tired and see to have lost my train of thought, somewhat. This happens way too often. I guess I ought to start now, though, it’s now or later or never. Now is the best time.

So now that that is out of the way, I shall explain what this is about. I have, you see, a desire to record down my thoughts and reflections for others to see and hopefully to agree. This project hopes to fulfil that. God willing, it will be of use to some people.

The main difference between this and writing a blogpost is the target audience. For a normal blogpost, the target audience is usually myself, it is a rather self-indulgent habit of mine to chronicle whatever goes through my mind for my future self or perhaps my children or future spouse to read. It is meant, in a way, to charter my progress as a being. Additionally, the meaning within a casual blogpost usually requires some knowledge of myself to interpret.

With this project, I hope to write in clearer prose for a larger audience (or rather, a less familiar audience) and in the process, hone some writing skills. This project ought to churn out some pieces with much more deliberate thought than directionless musings. Furthermore, I hope that it can be categorically grouped to be a coherent ‘larger picture’ piece of work on life at large.

This introduction will probably be the only piece of work done in 2014.

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[[I wrote this at]]*|10:31 PM|