“We need to abandon the notion of truth as complete(d) certainty. There are aspects of knowledge that this applies reasonably well to, but the scope of accessible knowledge means that this form of ‘validation’ is incompatible with most of the field of that which can be known. Additionally, there are other modes of knowledge besides the propositional…

This doesn’t somehow entitle us to dismiss the sometimes-seeming ‘authoritarianism’ of some declarations or claims that appear to us to emerge from a domineering or untrustworthy source; when hardened by drying … cement is still hard, whether or not a tyrant declared this. Or denied it.

Some aspects of true declarations (scientific / mathematical +/- medical) are veritable regardless of their source. Others, however, are false or comprise dis- mis- or mal- information. It can be quite challenging to discern these, especially if we are isolated or live in a context where veracity is subject to intentional counterfeiting and compromise.

Fundamentally, however, we should adopt an ‘orienteering’ / ‘navigational’ perspective on truth. It is a ‘self-correcting’ »way of proceeding. Not a destination or final derivation. All subjects are, in fact, infinite. There is no position which fully and correctly encompasses or conceptualizes »anything. Unless, of course, we limit the scope and the variables observed…”

— inframation