Truth or Fact. Which do you think is the purer concept?
When I first meditated on the question, ‘What’s the difference between fact and truth?’, I was glad that it’s a scientific item which I declared Fact –and only one so far.
Why? Because scientific facts changes from time to time and yet be acceptable. ‘A heavy smoker and drinker will die of cancer.’ (not the one I declared). That is considered a fact because it possesses objective reality. But is it truth? There are so many instances of heavy drinkers and smokers who outlive those who are not.
Ever wonder why fiction seems more ‘truth’ than ‘fiction’? Possibly because all fiction is probably based on facts. Or truth. Truth doesn’t change. The sun and the moon are two different objects. That is truth.
Religious and political extremists are brazen in proclaiming Truth which might only be facts. Truth might be the only sublime concept so let’s not toy with it.
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I took a personality test at Ipersonic and this was the result:
Independent Thinkers are analytical and witty persons. They are normally self-confident and do not let themselves get worked up by conflicts and criticism. They are very much aware of their own strengths and have no doubts about their abilities. People of this personality type are often very successful in their career as they have both competence and purposefulness. Independent Thinkers are excellent strategists; logic, systematics and theoretical considerations are their world. They are eager for knowledge and always endeavour to expand and perfect their knowledge in any area which is interesting for them. Abstract thinking comes naturally to them; scientists and computer specialists are often of this type.
Independent Thinkers are specialists in their area. The development of their ideas and visions is important to them; they love being as flexible as possible and, ideally, of being able to work alone because they often find it a strain having to make their complex trains of thought understandable to other people. Independent Thinkers cannot stand routine. Once they consider an idea to be good it is difficult to make them give it up; they pursue the implementation of that idea obstinately and persistently, also in the face of external opposition.
Independent Thinkers are not the type who easily comes out of his shell. Speaking about their emotional life is also not one of their strong points. Anyway, social relationships are not particularly important to them; they are happy with just a few, close friends who find it easy to share their intellectual world. They find it difficult to establish new ties. In love, they need a lot of space and independence but this does not mean that their partner is not important to them. Independent Thinkers often make a cool and reserved impression on others; but this impression is deceptive: they can hardly bear it if people close to them should reject them. They prefer a harmonious, balanced relationship with a partner who shares their interests and with whom they can realise their visions.
Adjectives which describe your type
introverted, theoretical, logical, planning, rational, independent, intellectual, self-confident, analytical, structured, dogged, witty, resolute, self-critical, visionary, inventive, independent, unsociable, reserved, nonconformist, quiet, visionary, honest, demanding, hardworking.
there is no difference between “truth” and “fact.” They are two words for the same thing. Anything declared to be a fact that is proven wrong was never a fact in the first place. The same thing goes for the truth What is posited as a truth that is later proven to be false was false from the start, if it holds the exact composition later that it held when it was first proclaimed–in fact.
That the moon and the sun are two distinct bodies is a fact and it is the truth–until such time as it can be shown otherwise and then it will be true that the original statement was always false.
Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of God and the Messiah of Humanity. This is truth and will always be truth. It cannot be proven because the FACT of it is revelatory. If the fact of this truth has been revealed to you then there is nothing that can be said or proven to make it untrue ever again.
The only difference I see between fact and truth is that a fact is the physical representation of a truth. The truth is the mental, verbal and/or spiritual acknowledgment of the fact that represents it.
“He fell and broke his tail-bone” is a statement of a truth. “I saw him slip on a banana peel and land on his ass,” is a statement of the fact that supports the truth.
I’m done.
‘The only difference I see between fact and truth is that a fact is the physical representation of a truth. The truth is the mental, verbal and/or spiritual acknowledgment of the fact that represents it.’
That was keen thinking Gryph. The phrase ‘the fact of the truth’ might have said it all. More later.
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