{"id":14050,"date":"2024-01-04T01:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T05:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=14050"},"modified":"2024-01-09T20:35:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T00:35:33","slug":"841-is-myfly-open-for-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/14050","title":{"rendered":"841 &#8211; Is Myfly open\u2014for discussion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/841-Myfly-168x100-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14051\" \/><audio controls preload=\"none\"><source src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20240104-justRIGHT-841-IsMyflyOpen-forDiscussion.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><br \/>\nSometimes our philosophical assumptions and beliefs can be challenged by the most unexpected and seemingly trivial events.  To illustrate this, we offer <strong>a remarkable true story about a lowly housefly named &#8216;Myfly&#8217; and what it tells us about human nature.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The story has encouraged us to re-examine some long accepted philosophical principles, like the one that postulates that <strong>truth is that which reflects and corresponds to reality.<\/strong>  But is that really &#8216;true&#8217;?  Might it be possible for something to be true, but not necessarily real?  Is there a distinction between the &#8216;real&#8217; and &#8216;reality&#8217;?  These are but a few of the questions considered in our first presentation of 2024,and we hope and trust that everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Given all of the dire predictions and expectations for this new year, being able to distinguish between narratives that are true or false becomes all the more urgent and necessary.<\/strong>   The science devoted to the discovery of the proper methods of acquiring and validating knowledge is known as <strong>epistemology<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n<p>In both politics and war the first rule is to define or be defined and in so doing, control the narrative.  <strong>Through the application of valid epistemological principles. false narratives can easily be identified and discredited<\/strong> without having to resort to censorship and other means of speech restrictions. <\/p>\n<p>If it is true that the narrative is all, then clearly those on the Right must endeavour to spread  those narratives known to be Just Right.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/TOVWJcmz7oY\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"841 &#8211; Is Myfly open\u2014for discussion?\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"841 &#8211; Is Myfly open\u2014for discussion?\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-01-04T01:00:26-04:00\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/TOVWJcmz7oY\/default.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TOVWJcmz7oY\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"282\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TOVWJcmz7oY?modestbranding=1&fs=0&rel=0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/841-topics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/topics.gif\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/841-clips-credits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/clips_and_credits.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you found this presentation valuable please consider donating:<br \/>\n&#x1f9e1; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/justrightmedia\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PayPal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes our philosophical assumptions and beliefs can be challenged by the most unexpected and seemingly trivial events. 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