People who believe "consensus is truth" not only have no way to tell right from wrong, but they are basically aspiring to groupthink, which will never be anything but destructive.
Discussion
so we all have our own truths?
No, but the number of people who believe a thing has never been any indication of what was true. "Consensus" killed how many important & innovative thinkers for being right?
People (being the social animals we are) seem much more driven to align with the herd than to actually think, so if you tell them that alignment with the herd is the key to being right they will happily give up thinking all together.
A tough idea. It’s like, just because you have consensus, doesn’t make something true. And just because something is true, doesn’t mean you will have consensus.
So many examples of this in society throughout history. And the difficulty with certain ‘truths’ that are subject to perspective. Begging the question ‘what is actually true?’
In my opinion it’s about the BASE LAYER. Reality is the base layer. What is true on that ‘base layer’ can be tested and proven. Then you have to work delicately out from there as it gets murkier into the realm of human/individual perspective. Ethics/morality come into play too. Begging the question too as to ‘what is ethics/morality ‘.
Very complex. Compelling and rich.
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