What Are the Facts?, #511
In this episode, we talk about the factual aspect of truth. “Just the facts, ma’am,” was a saying on a police show decades past. There are certain facts that are measurable and knowable. The speed of light in a vacuum, The gravitational constant. Those are dependable and specifically known. What is more important is that truth is not subject to interpretation. It is what it is. Whether I believe it or choose another belief, does not change the truth. I cannot think of God in or out of existence. Social norms, popular opinion, and political winds do not create truth. We must understand the difference between convenient norms, which may be temporarily useful, and factual truth which cannot be.