Sunday, March 9, 2008

Factual Interpretations

"There are no facts, only interpretations." ~Friedrich Nietzsche

Could this in fact be true? (which I guess that its self would be an interpretation.)
Perhaps everything we accept as fact via something such as science could be completely different than what we precieve. Interpreting data is a rather large part of the scientific process. Perhaps the person doing the interpretations gives the data to another, who is to say that they both don't come up with two completely different, yet logical reasons? This could continue in an endless circle of interpretations with the outcome of no facts.

But what if the majority agree on a certain interpretation...does this than become fact and make the beginning quote null and void?

1 comment:

David K. Braden-Johnson said...

I think you're right to suggest, in your first line, that N. is self-inconsistent.