2007-03-12 03:51:22 · 7 answers · asked by rushspeaks 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
well this is a tough one, it only depends on how much you are adding I suppose, if you add so much that the answer becomes untrue then yes you are subtracting from it's truth
2007-03-12 04:04:52 · answer #1 · answered by J B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
r u looking for a "far out" answer??? if so, i think that first you have to understand what u think truth is. For me, the truth only exists on a person-to-person basis. It is created and can be destroyed (by rumours, lies, etc.). If you believe what you say - you say the truth. If you believe what you are given, you can add that truth to what you already believe. But if you use that to turn it into rumours, lies, etc.... then you have created a lie and thus subtracted from the truth
if u want a mathematical answer -
truth + (personal "bias") = a NEW kind of truth
i put bias in quotation marks because sometimes it may be intentional (a lie) and sometimes it may be naive (false belief). Depends if you count both or one to be honest/sincere. Once again - what does it mean to be true if a person doesn't know what a lie is???
2007-03-12 04:09:25 · answer #2 · answered by Zuri 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If one is adding more truthful detail then no.
For example, I could make the truthful statement "I went out last night".
I could then add to the statement by truthfully saying "I went out with three friends"
Both statements are true and by adding the second statement I haven't made the first any less true.
Alternatively, in my second statement I could lie and say "I was abducted by aliens who ate my legs"
This means that the first statement is true and the second one is false. Some people hearing those two statements may choose to believe the first and disbelieve the second but others may disbelieve even the first statement on the basis that the second is an obvious lie and in this case adding to the truthful statement has indeed subtracted from it.
2007-03-12 03:54:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you add to the truth you are subtracting from the greater un-known truth
2007-03-12 04:08:15 · answer #4 · answered by occluderx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because the story is now less truthful, as he added fiction.
2007-03-12 03:53:58 · answer #5 · answered by §†reet R¥dA 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you are adding falsehoods. Or incorrect guesses.
What truth are you thinking of?
2007-03-12 03:59:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question makes no sense to me.
2007-03-12 03:54:50 · answer #7 · answered by QB 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋