# People’s obsession with truth **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 9, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-s-obsession-with-truth/808539 "2018-02-09T19:34:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 26
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-s-obsession-with-truth/808539/26 "2018-02-10T22:45:20Z")
> [@Machinaforce](#): > > It’s actually not BS, you want there to be some kind of solid truth out there but that doesn’t make it so. Science itself doesn’t give truth, just approximate statements. Someone knows very little about science here, and it isn’t me. The Sun exists. That is objective truth. There’s nothing subjective or approximate about it. > [@](#): > > As much as we like to believe in such things right and wrong don’t exist. > > Morality itself is little more than an “because I say so”. Even what is right is little more than that. This would indicate that you have issues determining right from wrong and are seeking excuses to do as you please and ignore such things. Simple questions: Is it wrong to kill random people you meet? Is it wrong to strangle your friend’s children in their cribs? Is rape wrong? Because if you think those things are not wrong simply because there is no right or wrong, you’re a sociopath and lacking both conscience and empathy. In which case I’m done engaging you. > [@](#): > > Existence itself is empty and trying to make it anything other than what it is would be wrapping yourself in an illusion just to be comfortable. I think that is one statement that he makes that probably has any merit. Ah yes, Nihilism. See how far that gets you in life. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-s-obsession-with-truth/808539)._