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ScottMessick comments on High School Lecture - Report - Less Wrong Discussion

19 Post author: Xece 23 September 2012 02:06AM

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Comment author: ScottMessick 24 September 2012 02:42:23AM 8 points [-]

I wonder how it would be if you asked instead "When should we say a statement is true?" instead of "What is truth?" and whether your classmates would think them the same (or at least closely related) questions.

Comment author: [deleted] 24 September 2012 08:05:55PM 4 points [-]

philosophy landmines.

I hope that phrase serves you well.

Comment author: tgb 24 September 2012 12:07:07PM 3 points [-]

Agreed. It seems to me that we as a culture expect "What is truth?" to have a mysterious answer and we expect the asker to be looking for the best sounding answer.