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    Truth is subjective because it is determined by the belief of that truth. In our society, however, truth is often mistaken for fact. There are groups of people that simply do not believe that global warming is real.

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    Truth is subjective because it is determined by the belief of that truth. In our society, however, truth is often mistaken for fact. There are groups of people that simply do not believe that global warming is real.

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    TheTruthAboutTruth
    OneofmyparentsfavoritestoriestotellisaboutChristmasmorningof1999whenmy
    familywasopeningpresents.Myolderbrother,whowasfiveyearsoldatthetime,wasvery
    excitedafterrecentlyopeninghispresentsandmygrandfatherhadbegunopeninghispresent.
    Result:mybrothercuthishandonmygrandfather'spresent.Myparents,however,remember
    thedetailsofthisstorydifferently.Mymotherbelievesthatmybrotherwantedtohelpmy
    grandfatheropenhisgift,whichwasadinnerknife.Outofexcitement,mybrothercuthishand.
    Mydad,however,believesthatmybrotherwasrunningaroundbecausehewassoexcitedandhe
    trippedandfellontomygrandfathersgiftwhichwerepeelers.16yearslater,myparentsarestill
    arguingaboutthedetails,bothbelievingthattheirstoryistrue.Truthissubjectivebecauseitis
    determinedbythebeliefofthattruth.Inoursociety,however,truthisoftenmistakenforfact.
    Factsareobjectiveanddeterminedbymeasurableevidence.
    Globalwarmingandclimatechangehavehadmanyphysicalandobservableeffectson
    theearth.Glaciershaveshrunk,iceonriversandlakesisbreakingupearlier,plantandanimal
    rangeshaveshifted,andtreesarefloweringsooner.Thereisclearandindisputableevidencethat
    globalwarmingisineffectthisisfact.However,therearegroupsofpeoplethatsimplydonot
    believethatglobalwarmingisactuallyreal.Theymaythinkthisbecauseitcontradictstheir
    religiousbelieves.Itmaybebecausetheyhavenotexperiencedorobservedanyofthesechanges
    fromwheretheylive.Itmayevenbebecausetheyarescaredandindenial.Despiteallofthe
    facts,peoplechoosetobelievethatglobalwarmingdoesnotexistthisistruth.Alltruthis
    supportedbybelief,andallbeliefcomesfromavarietyofreasons,andthesereasonscanbe
    supportedbyfactsornot.Additionally,justbecausesomeonesbeliefisdisprovenbyfactsor

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    evidence,thatpersonsbeliefdoesntbecomeuntrue.Therefore,someonestruthcanexist
    despitefacts.
    In1935,ascientistbythenameofErwinSchrdingerdevisedathoughtexperiment
    whereacat,lockedinabox,isexposedtoasmallamountofpoison.Itisunknowniftherewas
    enoughpoisontokillthecatandbecausetheexperimentisunobservable,itisimpossibleto
    knowifthecatisactuallydeadoralive.Becauseofthis,quantummechanicsimpliesthatthecat
    issimultaneouslyaliveanddeadbothstatementsaretruebecauseneithercanprovetheother
    wrong.Theexperimentwasoriginallyproducedtoexplainaparadox,butitalsoworksasan
    effectiveexamplefortruth.Inrelativitytotruth,theSchrdingersCatexperimentillustratesthat
    thetruth,intheabsenceoffacts,canbeanything.Therefore,truthissubjectiveandcanexist
    despitefacts.Thetruthisdependentoneveryindividualandthattruthdoesnotoutweighthe
    truthofanotherindividual.Eveniftwotruthsheldbytwodifferentpeoplearecontradicting,to
    eachperson,whattheybelieveisthetruth.
    Thetruthmayvarybetweeneverypersonbecauseeveryonemayhaveadifferentbelief
    thatsupportswhattheyholdastrue.Butwhythenisitimportanttoseektruthinoneslife?To
    me,itisimportanttoseekwhatIholdastruebecausethistruthcanprovidemewithasenseof
    purpose.Ultimately,purposecreatesmotivationanddirectioninaworldfilledwithuncertainty.
    Additionally,itisimportanttonotonlyseektruthinmylife,butalsounderstandthetruthsof
    otherpeople,whichcanallowmetobecomeanopenmindedperson.Byexploringdifferent
    beliefsandwhatothersfindtrue,Icanbetterunderstandotherpeoplesperspective,whichcan
    evenhelpmeunderstandmyselfandmybeliefsbetter.

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