On Perception and Truth
Περί κατανόησης και Αλήθειας“Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world.
In our endeavor to understand reality we are somewhat like a man trying to understand the mechanism of a closed watch. He sees the face and the moving hands, even hears its ticking, but he has no way of opening the case. If he is ingenious he may form some picture of a mechanism which could be responsible for all the things he observes, but he may never be quite sure his picture is the only one which could explain his observations.
He will never be able to compare his picture with the real mechanism and he cannot even imagine the possibility or the meaning of such a comparison. But he certainly believes that, as his knowledge increases, his picture of reality will become simpler and simpler and will explain a wider and wider range of his sensuous impressions. He may also believe in the existence of the ideal limit of knowledge and that it is approached by the human mind. He may call this ideal limit the objective truth.”
Albert Einstein
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Albert Einstein
Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience.
Albert Einstein
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
Albert Einstein
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
Albert Einstein
Οι παραπάνω σκέψεις συμπίπτουν και συμπληρώνουν προηγούμενα άρθρα περί 'αλήθειας' και 'αληθειών' στις κοινωνίες των ανθρώπων.
Όταν οι άνθρωποι περιβάλλονται από ένα σιδηρούν παραπέτασμα 'κοινωνικών αληθειών', είναι δύσκολο, αδύνατο ή και παράλογο να σκέφτονται εκτός εκείνων των 'αποδεκτών' ορίων συμπεριφοράς και σκέψης. Οι εξαιρέσεις των ανθρωπίνων υπερβάσεων των 'ορίων' είναι ένας δείκτης κατά άλλους 'παραβατικότητας' και κατά άλλους 'εξέλιξης'. Αυτό είναι και ένα δείγμα χωρισμού των πολιτών σε 'συντηρητικούς' και σε 'ριζοσπάστες' ή 'προοδευτικούς' χωρίς εδώ να αναλύουμε το τι πραγματικά ορίζει η συμπεριφορά κάθε ομάδας.
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