2010-01-14, 06:15 PM
Er, 1 + 1 = 2, because that's either a definition or a result of a definition, not because one believe it or not. It's true because we've defined it that way. It's like saying "I set x = 100", and then somebody comes up with the question why they do that. It's to either explain a point or to explain mathematical definitions.
And answers and truths can not be found with only questions and answers. That would mean that the first human knew everything. Mathematicians/Physicians are also a counterexample to that. Einstein didn't just ask the question to someone who already knew it.
Though that being said, some topics, like history, are based on lies. I doubt you could teach kids recent history without teaching them lies, because practically everyone who has anything to say about it has some kind of spin to put on it.
Though, in every period, people believed things that were just ridiculous, and believed them so strongly that you would have gotten in terrible trouble for saying otherwise. Our period is no different. But there is a difference between belief and truth (Math = absolute).
And answers and truths can not be found with only questions and answers. That would mean that the first human knew everything. Mathematicians/Physicians are also a counterexample to that. Einstein didn't just ask the question to someone who already knew it.
Though that being said, some topics, like history, are based on lies. I doubt you could teach kids recent history without teaching them lies, because practically everyone who has anything to say about it has some kind of spin to put on it.
Though, in every period, people believed things that were just ridiculous, and believed them so strongly that you would have gotten in terrible trouble for saying otherwise. Our period is no different. But there is a difference between belief and truth (Math = absolute).