The Search for Truth
Science, reason, intuition, and imagination are all valuable tools, but only if we use them together.
The truth is in the news a lot these days. No matter which side you consider yourself to be on politically or otherwise, you’re likely to think “the truth” is under attack by those on the other side.
Preachers and theologians are bemoaning increased secularization and its impact on truth, while the more secular minded are increasingly skeptical of religion’s claims to truth. Scientists, for their part, are also feeling under siege. From doctors to climatologists, researchers everywhere are finding it increasingly difficult to effectively communicate and persuade in an environment in which every result is politicized and distorted to serve an ideological agenda.
Even our history is in dispute. Our classrooms have become ground zero as arguments rage at school board meetings over what can and cannot be said about slavery, sexism, or America’s part in the death and oppression of untold numbers of Indigenous peoples.
The problem goes beyond major disagreements over what is and is not true, however. We can no longer agree on the nature of truth itself or how best to uncover it when the answer is unknown. Humanity has wrestled with these questions for millennia. In our…
