In response to given a choice:?

Question

Are you willing to accept the truth if it doesn't fit into your preconceived notion of the truth.

I'm not speaking about anything subjective.

I'm not speaking about what I beleive is truth.

I'm asking if you were faced with truth that made you uncomfortable, or angry, or required you to change how you think, would you be willing to accept it?

Answer 1

If that truth has proof that it is truth beyond the shadow of a doubt, then I would accept it for the truth, unless my preconceived notion of truth could be disproven beyond a shadow of a doubt is wrong, then I will accept any truth that has been proven.

Answer 2

I'm willing to view and understand the evidence, but grasping the meaning is not always the same thing.

Your question is best answered by Eistein's biggest mistake.

His math conflicted with his own and the generally held views of the universe (then considered to be a form of 'stead state') and so he viewed his math must be in error so he changed things to fit the view.

At a later time when he saw similar math to his own and math based on what he viewed and it was used to explain the Big Bang theory and he began to accept that new view as being more correct, he returned to his original math which actually pointed to that view.

He considered that to be his biggest mistake.

He never envisioned an outwardly expanding universe. No one did.

His preconceived notions of the truth blinded him to his own math conclusions which disputed that truth.

Oh and everyone here is aware the Big Bang theory came from a Catholic Priest who was a physicist.

Since Einstein saw the conclusions himself, saw it a second time from another scientist in a Masters Thesis on wave propegation and finally from the Priest on the Primordial Atom, Einstein reliazed the truth was always in front of his eyes but he didn't want to believe what he saw, because it would conflict with everyone else's view of the universe.

The same situation occured with the Earth centered vs the Sun centered universe.

Tinker with the math enough and you can prove the Earth is in the center and doesn't move.

The Michelson Morely experiments to this day establish that as a possibility even those we have other evidence to show this is not true.

Answer 3

"Truth" must be provable; if not, it can not be regarded as "truth". As an agnostic, I am willing to accept as true that which can be proven. I have no preconceived notions of the truth, just questions as to the veracity of claims made.

Answer 4

Great question. If we are never willing to accept truth, just because we believe our own form of it, makes us very close minded. However, if we already have the truth- we have to be careful we do not allow someone to make us compromise that truth.

Answer 5

If I'm honest with myself, then yes. Sometimes it's hard to changed my preconceived views.

Also, some things aren't objectively correct or false (at least to the observer), because it's all about subjective interpretation. I may view something as 100% fact, while another may view it as complete tripe.

Answer 6

Your question assumes that truth can be determined, so therefore it cannot be answered. You have address truth first, and you have to address the fact that truth can be subjective. Are you willing to accept this?

Answer 7

your asking if i would be willing to accept the truth of someone else if i dont think it is the truth?

Answer 8

I'm willing to consider the evidence that supports any alleged truth.

Answer 9

But of course. Your problem here will be PROVING that the version you are trying to selling me is THE truth.

Answer 10

I do not have a preconceived notion of truth.
My "truth" is wide open.