P.S. I commented on Rachels Post
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Saying the thing which was not
What is the point of communication if what your being told is false? I found what Gulliver's Master said at the beginning of chapter IV very thought provoking. Why do we communicate? So that information may be transferred to one another. In a world without lying communication is perfect, but when lying is inserted how can you be sure whats actually true? I would like to say that I would love to live in the world of the Houyhnhnm because I could trust everyone and I wouldn't have to be worried about being decieved, but then I think that it would be way to boring for all communication to be the relaying of facts to one another. However, I wouldn't want to know everything.
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I'm not convinced that a world without lying would have perfect communication. What would happen to the white lies that friends tell other friends to keep their hearts from breaking; or the lies politicians sometimes say to the public because we don't know the whole situation? I think it goes back to the Tom Cruise comment that "You can't handle the truth!" I think the lies that we input into communication make it perfect ;)
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