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Truth doesn't evolve.

What's true now was true a year ago, even if we didn't know it.

This idea of evolving truth is a mealy-mouthed way of saying, "We were wrong."



"Truth doesn't evolve" is a profound statement. Is it from Hermes? The downvotes on your comment reminded me of one well known historical figure who told not to give jewels to the crowd as they would get agitated, because of ignorance, and try to lynch you.


I corrected my op to clear up ambiguity. What I meant was our understanding of “the truth” evolves and crystallizes over time. Not Truth itself (the truth I was referring to in my OP was our own truth about the truth). So, as we gather more data, revise our hypothesis, throw away wrong ideas and formulate new ones, we get a clearer picture.




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