--- Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> wrote:
> --- John Cowan <cowan@...> wrote:
> > Andreas Johansson scripsit:
>
> <snip>
>
> > To me the most plausible explanation is that Plato
> > made the story up
> > in order to make a point.
>
> Ah, but the important question is not "Is it true?"
> but rather "Is it fun to believe?"
>
> If it's fun to believe then who cares if it's true
> or
> not?
>
> --gary
My skin just crawls when I hear statements like that.
I sometimes wonder if I'm the only human being who
still believes that objective truth exists. And that
knowing and believing the real truth not just the
convinient or happy truth is important.
Adam
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Fached il prori ul pañeveju mutu chu djul atexindu.
-- Carrajena proverb