The Importance of Fiction

[inked]

BJ that is BS and you know it. For instance, mathematics. For another instance, grammar rules. For instance, absolute truth - which you deny while you assert it absolutely does not exist and that all human communication errs by elaboration.

So, what's new?

[brownjenkins]

Originally Posted by inked

BJ that is BS and you know it. For instance, mathematics. For another instance, grammar rules. For instance, absolute truth - which you deny while you assert it absolutely does not exist and that all human communication errs by elaboration.

So, what's new?

Rule sets that humans have created (math, grammar, etc.), are only absolute because we define them as such. Red is "red" because it is what humans have agreed to call objects that reflect that particular frequency of visible light.

Any subjective human creation, humans writing about the past, or even about their own present, as is done in the bible and every other written book, can only be considered what may have happened, not what did happen. Otherwise know as fiction, or historical fiction, in this case.

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Originally Posted by brownjenkins

Rule sets that humans have created (math, grammar, etc.), are only absolute because we define them as such. Red is "red" because it is what humans have agreed to call objects that reflect that particular frequency of visible light.

Of course, the only reason that we signify red things with the word "red" is by arbitrary convention. But that doesn't introduce an element of fiction into such significations. It's not the word that matters, but the concept. Sure, when I say "X is red," it boils down to "X reflects such and such light frequencies;" but you know what? X does reflect such and such light frequencies.

Any subjective human creation, humans writing about the past, or even about their own present, as is done in the bible and every other written book, can only be considered what may have happened, not what did happen. Otherwise know as fiction, or historical fiction, in this case.

I'll pre-empt inked here, and point out the logical conclusion: namely, the claims you have made are at best what might be true. Of course, I'm fine with filing them under the "not-true."

Also, congrats, Elleth!

[brownjenkins]

Originally Posted by Gwaimir Windgem

Of course, I'm fine with filing them under the "not-true."

Subjective!

True is one of those human exaggerations.