Thursday, September 29, 2011

True Enough

The truth is what everyone agrees it is. Now there are certain exceptions to this, such as math and the sciences, but for anything that involves social interaction there is no defined truth, no objective reality. This may be a controversial opinion, but I find that it holds true for the majority of the time. Social facts are decided and agreed upon constantly by all people in society. There is no rule that says I can't come to class in my robe, but if I did people would consider me weird. Conversely, if everyone wore robes to class and I showed up as I normally dress I would be weird. Truth can be defined as the most commonly held beliefe on a subject. I really like True Enough from what I've read so far. I feel like as we move farther into the book we will get a better picture of how common narratives are shaped by media echo chambers. I think what I'm really interested in is how an individual's community shapes their ideology, especially when individuals are allowed to chose their communities.

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