One way to test the truth value of an assertion is to see if the negation draws up some absurd conclusions. As my assertion is "Truth cannot change," I'll begin with the negative of that. It would be strange to state the negative of my assertion as, "Truth can't not change," so I'll state it more simply.
Truth can change.
It's quite unsettling but then again the truth value of a statement cannot be determined by how good or bad it sounds. The thing about this statement however is that if it were true, it should be able to change as well. Meaning, sometimes, it may be the case that Truth can change and sometimes, it may be the case that Truth cannot change.
And here lies our first contradiction. If it were the case that sometimes, Truth cannot change then surely, it can no longer change back to being false now would it and so we're left with an unchanging Truth.
Let's say now that the statement cannot change and it is always true that Truth can change. There again lies our second contradiction. If the truth value of the statement cannot change then it can be asserted that the statement is always true and cannot change. Written in bullets, it would go:
- Truth can change.
- The truth value of the statement above cannot change.
- Truth cannot change.
I was quite pleased with myself having come up with this. Actually, it may be the case that someone else has beat me to this. It is, however, simple enough to memorize so that we as a culture can continue to remember that truth cannot in fact change. What was true before, is true today, and will be true in the future. What's more, what's true for me should be true for you and should be true for everyone else in the world.
A lot of ideologies stem from the idea that Truth is relative and it can change. Sometimes, it presents itself as, My truth instead of The Truth. We should all be careful not to go down that rabbit hole if we're to keep our sanity.
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