The Founder of Neoconservatism once wrote, "There are truths appropriate for

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children; truths that are..."? The Founder of Neoconservatism once wrote,

"There are truths appropriate for children; truths that are appropriate for students; truths that are appropriate for educated adults; and truths that are appropriate for highly educated adults, and the notion that there should be one set of truths available to everyone is a modern democratic fallacy. It doesn't work."

Which truths do you think he thought would have been appropriate for you?
(((dylanfox))): "Thunder" is the sound lightning makes. Isn't that still true no matter how old or uneducated you might be? Or do you tell your kids that it's God's Bowling Alley?
 
Hard to say from a single quote, but I suspect he was getting at a point kind of like the poster above said, regarding Santa Claus.

For kids, there's the "truth" that Santa Claus is real.

For adults, the "truth" is that Santa Claus, as a concept, is real as a symbol of the giving spirit - real in effect, just not in a literal sense.

To take it a level above that, maybe then you start studying the notion of giving without expectation of receiving (i.e., the spirit of "Santa Claus") and how that impacts society - there could be cultural and/or economic results that come from that idea.

I don't think it's an issue of "truth" being different in different circumstances, I think he was talking more about the level of complexity and detail being different depending on the needs and interests of the audience.
 
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