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54yroldHOTMOM t1_j2dvxb3 wrote

Reply to comment by SirTruffleberry in ELI5: How did we realise the mind is in the brain? by theembryo

What is truth? Are they facts or what someone believes to be true? And what if everything is true? Even the things that “aren’t”. Or if truth is in a state of flux until someone observes it.

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SirTruffleberry t1_j2dx0ol wrote

I would say that empirical truths (obviously not mathematical or abstract truths) are statements about an efficient model that seems to agree with sensory data and predicts incoming data. That's pretty streamlined but hits the biggest points, I think.

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