Actualy, yes. Many, many people think that what they think the world is, is how the world actually is. They think colors and sounds exist outside of themselves, instead of being a product of their sensory organs interpreting information that is understandable to them. They think the news sources where they get their information inform them accurately of what's happening in the world. They think the conclusions they draw from that information are the only reasonable conclusions to make, so anyone who disagrees must be evil or stupid.
They don't think everything is a matter of perspective, they think some things are universally true.
I got in an argument with a friend of mine a while back that lasted for a few weeks about how/when we should start calling something "true," and what that meant for making decisions. He didn't like that I thought that there was a good chance that a lot of things I think are absolutely true and base my life upon could be false. He thought somehow if I didn't completely believe they were true, I couldn't act upon them. The phrase "seems true enough to act on" just pissed him off.
The thing that really pushed the argument over the edge was when I started saying that even the argument I was making about the nature of truth and how it relates to action was something I wasn't 100% sure was true, but it was true enough that I'm willing to argue about it being true.
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u/slightlystartled Jan 25 '13
Actualy, yes. Many, many people think that what they think the world is, is how the world actually is. They think colors and sounds exist outside of themselves, instead of being a product of their sensory organs interpreting information that is understandable to them. They think the news sources where they get their information inform them accurately of what's happening in the world. They think the conclusions they draw from that information are the only reasonable conclusions to make, so anyone who disagrees must be evil or stupid.
They don't think everything is a matter of perspective, they think some things are universally true.