Positive Reasoning: Positive Reasoning: Politics and the truth

Positive Reasoning: Positive Reasoning: Politics and the truth: Positive Reasoning: Politics and the truth : Have you ever questioned the possibility of an intersection of politics and truth?  Being a kee...

Positive Reasoning: Politics and the truth

Positive Reasoning: Politics and the truth: Have you ever questioned the possibility of an intersection of politics and truth?  Being a keen listener and a proponent of good conversati...

Politics and the truth

Have you ever questioned the possibility of an intersection of politics and truth?  Being a keen listener and a proponent of good conversations, I am frequently and voluntarily engaged in discussions and, across the entire spectrum, there is this obvious quest for opposing correctness whenever coincidence and support of individual convictions get demoted by obvious fact. One would want to argue, with passion, that the core of any conversation should be fact finding but seeing that it is seldomly that way, another question that pops up is, 'what causes the relaxation of the emergence of truth when not in favor of conviction'.
I, from time to time, grapple with the idea and the answer that keeps resurfacing lies with our competitive nature developed during our formative years. We are so trained, though unaware to trainer, that winning is the only way and even with experience and advanced level of reasoning, we are so reluctant in letting go that pride that exemplifies falsehood. This attitude continues to propagate and if a halt is not introduced, the entire world atmosphere will thrive on insecurities and lies, as passed down to our descendants.