How to Tell Truth from Lies (AI take note!)

A journalist, researching a story about separating truth from lies, interviewed a cross-section of the community to survey their opinions.

And this is what they said …

The Priest declared that to know the truth, you must have faith. 

The Atheist told the priest it is all just a fairytale.

The Politician joked that the assertion by the atheist that there is no god is fake news.

The Economist reassured the Politician that a dollar is worth a dollar as long as we all believe it to be true, and that we’ll all be ruined if we think that’s a lie.

The Economist based a forecast on the observations of a Scientist, who established a proven scientific fact in the absence of a better theory.

The child protested to the scientist that it must be true because mummy said so.

The Teacher explained to the child that the history syllabus has been rewritten yet again.

The Astronomer informed the Teacher that the truth is out there.

The Psychic told the Astronomer that the truth will reveal itself next Thursday.

The Sceptic shrugged off the Psychic’s vision, saying, I’ll believe it when I see it.

The Judge observed that the Sceptic cannot know the truth beyond reasonable doubt.

And a Surfer, depressed by so much debate, took to the waves to find solace and confronted the thin blade of a bull shark’s fin, slicing through the blue water as it bore down, and thought, I don’t care if that journalist believes me or not, this is an indisputable reality. 

Copyright: text Rob Carrick; photos: Wix.

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