I am new here, and I do not know any philosophy or logic taught in college or above, so please forgive me if I come across as a moron. For the last 20 years I have just been juggling around some observations and testing out some principles I have identified. One of the principles is that there is always an exception to any statement. So if you call the statement true, I can find at least one exception for you. And if you find the same statement false, I can find an exception as well.
My whole “philosophy” (I never called it that.. it’s just an intuition building tool and method for me), revolves around selecting a person to be the observer, and also changing the environment in plausible ways. So let’s say that scientists found a way to make sure all grass is green for 2023. And you say “all grass is green.” One exception is not all grass is green. In 2022, some grass, called blue grass, was blue. You can say “let me specify: as of now”. And I can say, ok, that’s a new statement, so let me try to find another exception. Beep-boop-bot: I have selected observers Bob, Nancy, and Jacob. Bob is colorblind and cannot see green, grass is not green for him. Nancy, is completely blind and the same applies. Jacob is sleeping and cannot see green not confirm his interpretation of the grass color. So you are going to refine your statement over and over again and I am just going to find an exception over and over again. There is always one exception to the rule though, and that is the rule itself (as far as I know).
Here is how I use my philosophy as a tool. I basically have a problem: I got rocky road ice cream for my wife and she wanted strawberry but the store is closed now. Then I say: in a world where we accept “truths,” my wife is not going to be happy. And then I ask what variables can be changed, added, or removed, to make the situation better? I’m afraid of being yelled at or given a stern look… so my solution is eat the ice cream and tell her the store was closed by the time I got there. Never accept anything as truth and you will always find a new solution. A rock is a solution most the time if you throw it hard enough.
Lastly, most people will say I lied to my wife about the store being closed. But the store that held the strawberry ice cream for sale was closed and not available. That store was replaced by a store that does not have strawberry ice cream. By replaced I mean things changed. Change seems to be happening at all times, replacing reality every second. Atoms replacing atoms in space. Ice cream tubs replacing empty spaces.
Feel free to test me on finding something true and false in any statement.
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Reply to comment by bradyvscoffeeguy in /r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | January 23, 2023 by BernardJOrtcutt
I am new here, and I do not know any philosophy or logic taught in college or above, so please forgive me if I come across as a moron. For the last 20 years I have just been juggling around some observations and testing out some principles I have identified. One of the principles is that there is always an exception to any statement. So if you call the statement true, I can find at least one exception for you. And if you find the same statement false, I can find an exception as well.
My whole “philosophy” (I never called it that.. it’s just an intuition building tool and method for me), revolves around selecting a person to be the observer, and also changing the environment in plausible ways. So let’s say that scientists found a way to make sure all grass is green for 2023. And you say “all grass is green.” One exception is not all grass is green. In 2022, some grass, called blue grass, was blue. You can say “let me specify: as of now”. And I can say, ok, that’s a new statement, so let me try to find another exception. Beep-boop-bot: I have selected observers Bob, Nancy, and Jacob. Bob is colorblind and cannot see green, grass is not green for him. Nancy, is completely blind and the same applies. Jacob is sleeping and cannot see green not confirm his interpretation of the grass color. So you are going to refine your statement over and over again and I am just going to find an exception over and over again. There is always one exception to the rule though, and that is the rule itself (as far as I know).
Here is how I use my philosophy as a tool. I basically have a problem: I got rocky road ice cream for my wife and she wanted strawberry but the store is closed now. Then I say: in a world where we accept “truths,” my wife is not going to be happy. And then I ask what variables can be changed, added, or removed, to make the situation better? I’m afraid of being yelled at or given a stern look… so my solution is eat the ice cream and tell her the store was closed by the time I got there. Never accept anything as truth and you will always find a new solution. A rock is a solution most the time if you throw it hard enough.
Lastly, most people will say I lied to my wife about the store being closed. But the store that held the strawberry ice cream for sale was closed and not available. That store was replaced by a store that does not have strawberry ice cream. By replaced I mean things changed. Change seems to be happening at all times, replacing reality every second. Atoms replacing atoms in space. Ice cream tubs replacing empty spaces.
Feel free to test me on finding something true and false in any statement.