02-16-2014, 08:49 PM
(02-16-2014, 08:39 PM)Poet Wrote:However, it should be understood that the dishonest skeptic and dishonest believer are both dishonest. The believer could easily even be more dishonest and also much more lazy, falling back on the mere feeling engendered by the suggestion of transcendent notion. Either way, "the truth" is still left to discern in order to eventually become a legitimate part of the useful worldview, as any so-called "psychic" phenomena may eventually be understood.(02-16-2014, 08:19 PM)zenmaster Wrote: That's because truth requires discernment and that takes effort. Of course it's all related to use of the will. There will always be things we know and things we do not know. Truth doesn't simply fall into one's lap, or there would be no point to bothering to learn.
Yes, but I wanted to make a quantitative statement about how dishonest and untruthful people are with themselves and others. You could also say how less effort exists to get closer to the truth.