# What is truth?

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**Created:** [January 5, 2001, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truth/48538 "2001-01-05T06:14:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truth/48538/15 "2001-01-06T22:22:34Z")

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[quote]  
truth \Truth, n.; pl. Truths. [OE. treuthe, trouthe, treowpe, AS. tre['o]w?. See True; cf. Troth, Betroth.] 1. The quality or being true; as: (a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been; or shall be.[/truth]

truth is and must have always been the same truth, the truth can not change, for example we can say that internet communication is made through the TCP/IP protocol, that is an has always been true, but it probably wont be the truth forever.

we could assume that homo sapiens will always have two hands, therefore it is truth for if homo sapiens would someday develop 4 hands it will be called something else.

being true is being the same, always.

bj0rn - boring

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