Comments by "Curious Crow" (@CuriousCrow-mp4cx) on "Plato's cave analysis" video.

  1. How can you have absolute truth in an existence where the only constant is change, and we, poor hairless apes, are limited in scope and what tools we can employ? Thus, the constant inconstancy tests us, a species who evolved a drive to pigeohole everything, and who gets stressed when we can't. In this light, the production of knowledge is an ongoing pursuit, and we must learn to live with uncertainty. Accordingly, the idea that we must hold onto our ideas lightly, and be prepared to discard them as soon as new evidence comes in, is our struggle. We don't like uncertainty, so a truth cannot be absolute as our desire to discern absolute truth is an illusion. This is why doubt is so useful. It stops us being so arrogant to presume we know everything, when we do not. Imagine, according to my astronomical calendar a twin star a gas giant and a small red star are moving around each other, with the small star pulling the hydrogen gas off the gas giant, and when that reaches a critical mass, it will explode, and all we will see is a flash. How long has that been happening without our ability to see it? It didn't exist until we developed the tools to see it. So what is absolute truth?
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