Roman Simon on Nostr: What is truth? It is an efficient description of reality. The most efficient way to ...
What is truth? It is an efficient description of reality.
The most efficient way to describe 2 is "2". It is the shortest, most clear description we invented. 2 can also be described as 3–1 or 9–8+1, and these are not as efficient, but ultimately also lead to truth. If we describe 2 with "7" we may run into problems. Because we will need to remember a lot of additional information. The next time when we decide to use 2, we will need to recall that we described it as 7. Also, we will need to remember that 7 was described by something else. And if all this excessive information accumulates, the efficiency of the system drops so much that it collapses. So, any system that is built with intentions to be efficient and function well needs to be built on truth.
The most efficient way to describe 2 is "2". It is the shortest, most clear description we invented. 2 can also be described as 3–1 or 9–8+1, and these are not as efficient, but ultimately also lead to truth. If we describe 2 with "7" we may run into problems. Because we will need to remember a lot of additional information. The next time when we decide to use 2, we will need to recall that we described it as 7. Also, we will need to remember that 7 was described by something else. And if all this excessive information accumulates, the efficiency of the system drops so much that it collapses. So, any system that is built with intentions to be efficient and function well needs to be built on truth.