Artificial Wisdom

by Thomas R. Weaver

That was the thing about the truth. Sometimes, you were judged more harshly for revealing it than for concealing it. Some

That was the thing about the truth; it only came out when the cost of lying became too high.

This part

“You can’t convince those who don’t want to be convinced. They’ll see what they want to see, hear what they want to hear, and studiously avoid anything that challenges their ‘truth’. I know what’s right and what’s wrong.”

Mhmm

That, of course, was the thing about truth. Those who hid it always believed it was colored in shades of grey, those who revealed it always saw the black and white.

We should be putting the resources into turning around the current situation instead of creating safe bubbles from which the rich can watch the poor die.”

Damn

More applause, but Tully shifted in his seat. Home and haven to the rich, right? The privileged few who could ride out the apocalypse with a gin in their hand?

Biter much

“That’s the thing about truth,” she hissed. “It’s always much more complicated than you believe.”

a blacksmith built a hammer and used it to create a sword, would they say the blacksmith or the hammer created the sword?” “But the hammer still needed the blacksmith to wield it.”

People seem to live in both the past and in the future, two big overlapping circles, but rarely focus on the intersection and enjoy the moments given to them right now.”