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[[File:Truth-beauty-and-beauty-truth-ode-grecian-urn-fractal-aesthetics.jpg|thumb|It's not true because it's beautiful, it's beautiful because it's true]] | [[File:Truth-beauty-and-beauty-truth-ode-grecian-urn-fractal-aesthetics.jpg|thumb|It's not true because it's beautiful, it's beautiful because it's true]] | ||
Is it important to you that your [[beliefs]] are objectively true? Or do you care more about whether they are [[emotionally]] satisfying? Or whether they conform to the [[Cultural norms|norms]] of your [[in-group]]? | |||
The importance of truth can be found under [[trust]], [[lying]], [[misinformation]], [[reality]], and [[science]].<blockquote>''"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them."'' -Galileo Galilei </blockquote><blockquote>''"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened."'' -Sir Winston Churchill</blockquote> | The importance of truth can be found under [[trust]], [[lying]], [[misinformation]], [[critical thinking]], [[reality]], and [[science]].<blockquote>''"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them."'' -Galileo Galilei </blockquote>How can you tell whether you are honestly pursuing truth or falling victim to [[wikipedia:Cognitive_bias|cognitive biases]] or [[wikipedia:Fallacy|logical fallacies]]? <blockquote>''"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened."'' -Sir Winston Churchill</blockquote>If [[Beauty]] is Truth and Truth Beauty, then [[Fractal Geometry of God|Fractals]] represent the essence of both.{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHkX67Ijuok||center|Keats's Ode on a Grecian Urn|frame}} | ||
{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHkX67Ijuok||center|Keats's Ode on a Grecian Urn|frame}} | |||
Revision as of 19:51, 30 December 2024
Is it important to you that your beliefs are objectively true? Or do you care more about whether they are emotionally satisfying? Or whether they conform to the norms of your in-group?
The importance of truth can be found under trust, lying, misinformation, critical thinking, reality, and science.
"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them." -Galileo Galilei
How can you tell whether you are honestly pursuing truth or falling victim to cognitive biases or logical fallacies?
"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened." -Sir Winston Churchill
If Beauty is Truth and Truth Beauty, then Fractals represent the essence of both.