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	▲	godelski 7 days ago
		`> People fall for complex lies all the time.` This is not in contention with what I said. The existence of a believable but complex lie does not disprove the existence of a believable yet simple lie. Nor have I made the claim that because something is complex that it must be true. Maybe it would help if I wrote like this `min(complexity \| truth) > x min(complexity \| lie) = 0` I've said nothing about max complexity, only that some lower bound of complexity must exist when something is true. And again, this statement does not imply that the complexity of something can indicate if it is truthful or not. We could also write it this way if you want: min(complexity \| truth) > min(complexity \| lie) `> I don't think any truth is fundamental at all` You and I are actually in agreement. But to be clear, while I do not think anyone can make a claim (in a finite amount of time) that is perfectly correct, I am quite certain that there are things that are more correct than others. Science can always improve, and my previous comment stated as much. It would be wrong to say "the Earth is flat" but certainly it would be more wrong to say "the Earth is the sound a Gorilla makes while eating the color purple." And there's definitely statements even more wrong than that. At least that one was intelligible, even if incoherent.