Originally posted by Jedidiah
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When we consider the truth of past events we find that we are always relying on the accuracy and reliability of storage and transmission systems and there is always loss in those systems. A photograph, for example, reduces a moment in three dimensions to a two dimensional record that of itself is almost useless without the information carried along another path by a witness. Our memories and the education of the young is our battle against time that is continually removing information.
I conclude that what you and I consider to be true is something that is constantly changing as it moves through time and new information is added, stories are retold and so on. I doubt if there is anything that is absolutely true and the fact that very many things are true for everybody and at all times is a result of the regularity we see in nature.
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