Yup. These articles much more than their focus on Godel and his fan club would do us all a favor to focus on -
How do people day to day deal with ambiguity, where the truth is uncertain or unknowable?
The default action always is - they choose the truth they want to be true. And this has long term consequences. They should develop self awareness that it is a chosen truth and feel a sense of responsibility for its consequences.
The example I given students when I teach where things worked out well, is Thomas Jefferson's - "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal".
We still know 240 years later there is nothing self-evident or truthful about equality. We don't know if it will ever be.
Jefferson knew that. Yet he made a choice about what he wanted the truth to be. We face similar choices everyday in life. Choose well.
How do people day to day deal with ambiguity, where the truth is uncertain or unknowable?
The default action always is - they choose the truth they want to be true. And this has long term consequences. They should develop self awareness that it is a chosen truth and feel a sense of responsibility for its consequences.
The example I given students when I teach where things worked out well, is Thomas Jefferson's - "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal".
We still know 240 years later there is nothing self-evident or truthful about equality. We don't know if it will ever be.
Jefferson knew that. Yet he made a choice about what he wanted the truth to be. We face similar choices everyday in life. Choose well.