Cold Hard Truth

When there are stone cold facts brought to a person’s awareness, why do we as humans tend to go into a place of denial? Could it be because the information presented is painful and it’s a lot easier to reject the reality of the facts? As we all know too well that everyone can’t handle the truth. In the article, “Denial and the Nature of Science”, by Haydn Washington and John Cook, “we deny some things as they force us to confront change. We deny other things because they are just too painful…

Truth is precarious thing. All too often we think of truth only as cold hard facts that are indisputable and undeniable. There must be evidence to support a claim in order for it to be accepted as truth. Whether it be in court before a jury, at home in front of family, or at work in front of other employees, evidence is required for something to be placed under the categories of factual, real, true, and legitimate. If evidence fails to exist when a claim is made then it is dismissed as a lie, as…

find people who have never lied in their lives. You have done it in your childhood and you may be continuing to tell white lies even now. Remember, you had to take a day off when your relatives paid a visit, but you didn’t want to tell your boss the truth. So you told him you were down with a splitting headache or fever, didn’t you? However, it can come to you as a shock when your kids lie to you, especially if they make a habit out of weaving a network of lies for no apparent reason. Yes, lying…

they’ve just recently met. However, if first impressions depicted the correct image or true character of someone it would mean that the first impression that most people got after meeting my grandmother couldn’t be further from the truth. My grandmother would come across as cold or distant at first but then her true character would come out as she warmed up to people. My grandmother, even though she lacked the ability to make a first good impression, had many great qualities: she was patient,…

doubting what he believes as true. He reflects on the falsehoods he believed during his lifetime and motions to remove those foundations in order to build a new foreground of knowledge. Descartes found a way to build a new foundation for necessary truths (innate ideas that cannot be false) by reconstructing the ideas he previously known. Instead of initially throwing out everything he previously knew, he attacks the foundation of specific ideas and increases the level of skepticism in his…

In one instance he defined reason as being the “ Power of the mind to think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic” and later stated that “rightly used can settle disputes and guide us to the truth”. Opposing this, I believe that “Reason can when rightly used, lead us to the truth, but is conceptually flawed as we humans are generally emotional thinkers, subject to bias, and strong relativism believers often resulting in the opposite effect.” Throughout this essay I will be making…

judging you based on a stereotype and having incorrect misconceptions about you. Stereotyping and having misconceptions about people is harsh, but it is a common and an inevitable action that humans practice on a daily basis. Stereotypes are based on truths, but they eventually lead to misconceptions due to stereotypes being exaggerated. People use stereotypes to categorize a group of people, creating mental pictures about them, which then leads to social categorization. Misconceptions are…

(Miller 99-100) Willy believes that in order to be a successful salesman, one must simply go in and take the diamonds. However, that is not the case due to the fact that in order to be successful, one most work hard for it and Willy was to blind by his ambitions in order to realize the truth and this contributes to his decisions of killing…

A single story can be a devastating thing, not because it does not tell the truth, but that it only tells parts of the truth. Entire voices and experiences are erased in the face of a broad explanation, which is often easier to understand through its one-sided simplicity. The single story manifests itself through society in the form of harmful stereotypes of racial, ethnic, national and religious groups. However, literature allows us the opportunity to inspect and understand the way a single…

reveals that some parts of the books are false. Due to his horrific life and trauma, Shin Dong-hyuk, the protagonist, has been telling an untruth version of his story ever since he arrived in South Korea in 2006. Because of this, Shin begins to tell the truth and correct his lies and mistakes. This reveals Shin’s honesty and courage. Even though there will be false information, I still feel like the story reflects his journey and will still have a great plotline. Preface 1. Comment This section…