The problem is that while Real Truth exists… its a fuzzy and difficult thing to find sometimes. We see the Truth, most often, through a glass, darkly. Our neurological systems take in data from a Real World. Then, as it begins to process that data, it runs into our preconceived notions and beliefs. If we believe all of the GOP are liars, our neurological system will shade the data to support it. If we believe the Dems are all Marxists, our neurological system will shade the data to support it.
In the book, Prometheus Rising, the author discusses “two actors” in the brain. The thinker, who has ideas, beliefs, dogmatic truths and preconceived notions… and the Prover, who does its best to manipulate the data to prove the Thinker correct. Humans, are trapped by the very system that has ensured our survival… the data we collect for food, safety shelters doesn’t require the sort of system that parses through our own preconceptions and biases. Post-Modernism, particularly the bastardized concept of it that gets taught in college campuses, screwed the pooch… rather than facing the reality (that there is a reality, its just damn hard to see it clearly without our own biases) they take the lazy and easy approach… they simply don’t look.
There appears to be some evidence that the Executive Branch was not particularly honest with us. Now, it may have been seen as spin (provide the evidence that supports us, don’t provide the evidence that doesn’t). It may have been a case of Thinker/Prover (I think Saddam was involved, Here is the Proof). It may have been that Bush wanted to see the experiment happen and was willing to inflict mass causalities to achieve it. It may simply have been incompetence.
However, to think that one of those views IS THE RIGHT VIEW, means either our Thinker and Prover are setting us up, or we’re satisfied with looking through a tinted window and guessing.
There is Truth, it’s just extremely tricky to accurately define it. Yet, most Americans, most bloggers, most comments, most of the MSM completely miss the difficulty… they see the world that they want to see and they don’t really question it much.
Scepticism, not post-moderninsm is what we need more of. Scepticism of our government, scepticism of both parties equally, scepticism of our religious leaders, our news reporters and anyone who makes any claim on THE TRUTH.
