Ah yes, you definitely added some value to the discussion @rheteric!
Truth can definitely be something that involves a lot of interpretation... and even then it still remains quite subjective on some levels.
In this particular instance, truth became part of a greater discussion of how we now have more and more tools (like photoshop) that allow for manipulation, and so we end up with a situation where people are more able to pursue their own agendas while having at their disposal tools that falsify what we believe we are seeing.
And so, you can manipulate someone's face or a video to reflect something that didn't actually happen, but creating the illusion that it happened somehow serves the manipulator's agenda. Of course, this can also be applied to make "scientific studies" look real when in fact they are just fabrications made to support someone's agenda (perhaps a pharmaceutical manufacturer's?) or for personal gain.
More than ever, the ability to engage in critical thinking has become an essential part of navigating the ocean of "fake news" and more that is out there.
Hi Peter
You are right. Truth right now is more like your personal belief than a fact itself. Truth can get twisted so many times it is just not possible anymore to have an absolut answer.
Haha, yes I've seen that I went in a total different direction as your other commentors. Just recently I've read too what you were talking about. This "deep fake" trend of manipulating vidoes in livetime. This is alarming indeed! Imagine the panic if someone makes a war declaration of any goverment against any other. Noone would know if it's real or not. Or even worse. Most people don't even know about this technology so they logically assume it is legit.
Photoshop is a problem too. I remember I wrote once an essey in school about manipulated pictures in the media. Turning water into blood to make it more dramatic and so on. Crazy!
That is the conclusion we all have to make. Take everyting with a grain of salt and critically ask yourself is this possible? But then again we are back to personal onpinions.
A really hard topic it is.
Btw: your awesome mandala-stone arrived today. I'm so happy. I even made a short post about it, haha!
Cheers
Eric