Comments - Take the Clearpill
Being retired makes me want to look for truth, no matter which tribe. Politics is more fun than philosophy. (While I am in Slovakia, I also now speak Slovak, and we just got a new anti-EU Prime Minister, so I follow local politics too.)
I want to see, in writing, what I think, so these comment notes on substack are good.
One huge assumption implicit in the philosophical search for Truth, is that the Truth is good, or at least it is good to know. If instead I assume that the Truth is not good, which is better, Goodness or Truth? Here I choose goodness, which quickly leads to the reality that goodness is subjective, like claiming an apple is better than an orange. Or vice versa. Depending on the axis metric, juiciness, crispness, ease of eating, color.
Does God exist? What is the meaning of my life? Who should I vote for next election?
We don’t know, and possibly can’t, about God. Yet more who do believe in him have children, so demographic destiny seems likely to increase belief.
My life means my actions and decisions and writings, mostly my choices. Multi-variable.
Clearpill idea that few will change their mind, but many would likely close their minds, suggests I should not be so political, so as to allow those disagree on politics might still read some of my notes.
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