First Blog

  What is Hypertruth?    You may never have heard of hypertruth, but it is part of your life. It is how you are swayed. Often, it how you believe. Opportunist see it as a tool; clergy see it as a sermon; politicians see it as more votes. Hypertruth is an excessive or exaggerated truth that can take an ordinary truth beyond its natural domain, even becoming false. As well, it may involve elevating or expanding a minor point into a major concept.   An example would be a cleric taking truths from the bible and reinterpreting and exaggerating them from statements of peace to those suggesting destruction and war. Centuries ago, the Inquisition followed the hypertruth of severe punishment to correct heresy.  The current notion of “Cancel Culture” mimic such notions for political heresy, the shunning practice of some religions. Also, the politician may take accepted truths of equality amongst people into an outright theft or reappropriation of resources from one party in favor of another. In

It is sometimes better to think in terms of the shape of knowledge and thought in terms of geometry. This renders many geometric metaphors. They help us to categorize and understand how we understand, in a visual way. A few examples come to mind.   ·         You often think in terms of some knowledge encompassing a topic – you’ve got it covered from all perspectives. ·         You may think of some topics as disjoint from or orthogonal to other knowledge. ·         You may see your knowledge triangulates a topic allowing you to narrow it down to some essential facts. ·         Your point of reference is distant from hers. ·         You square up the situation, understanding all questions and a proper and complete perspective. ·         You may see someone's train of thought is parallel to yours, proceeding along similar lines, but noting no intersection is possible. ·         You may think of the best possible thinking is the best or fastest way to move from one pos