Comments on: There are no facts, only interpretations

By: Eric Watermolen

Eric Watermolen — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:16:50 +0000

Amanda,
Those that are taunting you are closed minded followers of only popular ideas. You are an open minded thinker.

I imagine Christopher Columbus got taunted by many people, but it turned out he was correct in his little theory that the Earth is round.

Keep thinking those thoughts. The world needs more open minded thinkers willing to analyze ideas even when unpopular.

By: amanda

amanda — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:19:31 +0000

The thing is tha t i have ALWAYS thought this way, always been taunted by people who thought i was stupid or
Crazy, simply because i thought this way but this article has illuminated me, made me realice im not alone and that somebody out there thinks this way too. That im not
The first one to think this way, and that i those people are weell not wrong, because i cank( know that for sure
But simply nort correct eitjer.
Maybe i made this conclusion without any knowledge of metaphysics or ever hearing this quote before, i realized it
Through my experience with life, and my observance of it. This article made me happy that way, since
Since know i can gain knowledge about how i view the world sciendifically

By: Eric Watermolen

Eric Watermolen — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:09:38 +0000

Hi Salman,
One of my goals in writing this post is to make people think. I’m not sure I can really take a side supporting or negating it, as I don’t have all the “facts” as to how our universe really operates.

On one hand everything we observe is our interpretation. We can’t observe without taking in the observations through one of our senses. Because of this, all observations have a subjective component.

On the other hand, I am open to the possibility that some things can be measured or quantified based on an agreed upon set of circumstances.

I think the question really comes down to setting boundaries on facts. For example, we could say “based on our current understanding of gravity an apple will fall towards the earth.” This would used “our current understanding” as the boundary. It could be that one day we discover a gravitational distortion that would cause that fact to reverse.

It’s a pretty tricky area, and thus all the potential debate around it.

By: Salman

Salman — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:43:06 +0000

Great article, really nicely written but tell me one thing are you supporting it or negating it. Thanks alott

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By: Eric Watermolen

Eric Watermolen — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 01:35:26 +0000

Jojira, I’m glad you like it. You make a great observation. Perhaps fact does exist but we are unable to perceive it. I think we are unable to perceive a great many things. It’s necessary so that we may experience the limitations of a physical body and experience certain things in this three dimensional world.

I watched the tenth dimension video, and it made me wonder. A two dimensional being would have a vastly different view of an orange than we would in three dimensions. I wonder if the two beings in different dimensions could even come to consensus on how to describe an orange.

Good stuff!

By: Jojira

Jojira — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:30:26 +0000

This is more Jojirius’s cup’o'joe…but…I think that your set of definitions certainly means that truth can exist, humans just can’t perceive it. In an infinite amount of universes, the collective consensus of an infinitely varied number of creatures about the subject of what an orange is, would be the fact about the orange. However, we can barely understand infinity. The reason, for your set of definitions, that there is no such thing as a fact is explained very well by this seemingly unrelated video:
http://www.tenthdimension.com/medialinks.php

The correspondence between everything in all dimensions is an absolute fact, but we can barely conceptualize the tenth. Does that make sense?

By: Eric Watermolen

Eric Watermolen — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:11:54 +0000

Farouk, good point, memories of the past are likely very different depending on who is doing the remembering.

By: Farouk

Farouk — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:44:41 +0000

yes you are right Eric and i strongly agree with u sometimes people see a reflection of their past instead of seeing reality. people also filter the inputs they get through their senses, alert them and then claim that they perceive reality while in fact they are only seeing their own version .-= Farouk´s last undefined ..Response cached until Fri 2 @ 9:29 GMT (Refreshes in 23.77 Hours) =-.