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Re: [skeptics-182] Truth Decay

From: user 3.
Sent on: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 11:40 AM
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Subject: Re: [skeptics-182] Truth Decay


>I have to wonder what this absolute truth is.  I don't think society, in 
>general, is any more inclined to ignore scientific fact than it was a 
>generation or two ago; in fact, I suspect its getting marginally better. 
>Sure, the woo claimants may be more vocal, or may be easier to find (or for 
>them to find us) because of 21st century communications, but overall I 
>believe society is better educated and more able to think critically than 
>in the past.
>
> At least the high school kids I meet these days are far more skilled at 
> critical thinking and far less woo-prone than those I met when I was in 
> high school 25 years ago!
>
> Bob Johnson
> Hillsborough, NC
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> Bill Hardin wrote:
>> What percent of my skepticism is attributable to truth decay? Truth decay 
>> is our culture?s move away from absolute truth. Perhaps my truth decay 
>> has allowed me to establish ?my own truth? and this stance has allowed me 
>> to justify my continued skepticism.
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