[MD] Correctness and Usefulness

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting ian glendinning <psybertron at gmail.com>:

> OK Platt ... assuming you are sincere, you are still just giving me
> your examples of truths and Truths, not offering any distinguishing
> aspect / definition.

You must have missed this:

"The Truth recognizes the limits of logic, language and human observation at the
quantum level. That's the Truth."

> "It's raining outside" is not much of a truth", like, cos it's not
> raining outside (or inside for that matter) - it's a highly
> circumstantial truth. "He is guilty" similarly so.
> 
> Your use of "Truth" seems more fundamental - in the sense of beig
> closer to the limits of the known and knowable - rather than everyday
> experience of your "truth" examples.
> 
> Which is of course what I suggested / asked first - way back.
> Are you using "Truth" to signifiy some "fundamental" (or a near
> fundamental as our fundaments can be) kind of truth ?

The limits of logic, language and observation at the quantum level are
fundamental Truths.

Platt



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