What is Truth?*
On a Facebook conversation recently l pointed out a factually incorrect claim, and posted a reputable link pointing out the error. OK, you don’t expect applause when you correct such things, but I was interested in this response: "You believe what you want to, just as I do." This was my exasperated reply: "Believe what you want to? I trained as a scientist. I believe where facts lead me. And l seem to spend half my life fact checking with so much bogus information circulating. It's exhausting. Welcome to the post truth world." I’ve had another intelligent friend sending me links lately with completely false information. I’ve kept replying in statements like this: “That’s from Brietbart News, famous for promoting blatantly fake stories such as ‘Hillary runs a paedophile ring’. It’s not a reputable source. No, that one is from Joseph Farah, who keeps claiming Obama was born in Kenya when this has been proven false. No that one is from RT, Russia Toda...