Purpose of Man

Before man was, before earth was, even before light was—Truth is. Was that too bold of a statement? What if it’s true? What if everything you think you know about reality isn’t true? What would you do? How would that change your life or would it change at all? The good news is—it’s true. However, proving it will be a bit more difficult, although not necessarily in the answer itself but in the reader’s willingness to accept it. People tend to shield themselves from any and all unsolicited information that might oppose the stuff we’ve been taught and have believed most of our lives. We typically greet such information with ridicule at first followed by defensive argument as though the new information threatens our very existence. Lies believed are the stuff of ruin however, they are not insurmountable if peeled away one layer at a time. So, like all successful arguments, a foundation or a point of common agreement must first be established. So, how about this; as long as truth is hidden, lies exists—agreed? If yes, then we have to ask another question but it requires a little thinking; when the hidden truth is revealed, where was it? It’s a legitimate question which has an answer. There are those who would argue that truth is no more than correct information and, to an extent, they are right. However, it’s the truth that makes the information correct, hence, correct information is simply the communicative manifestation of the truth to what’s being questioned. Truth stands apart although knowledge and belief can be found in truth as well as in lies. In other words, truth is truth and is so because it’s without ambiguity, nuance, or question nor is it couched in philosophy, theory, or anything else. Nevertheless, truth deniers will disagree because they are governed by nuance, theory, and hypotheticals—yeah, but what about this here and that over there, and so forth—lies believed are hard to overcome. The truth to everything does exist but it’s only in the discovery that it manifests itself. So, as Pontius Pilate once asked, “What is truth?” It’s the stuff of things unseen. Let’s explore this… It’s been said that everything is temporary—that’s not correct, although everything having physical properties is temporary. Nevertheless, there are also things which exists without physical properties and they are eternal. So, what is something that exists without physical properties? How about undiscovered information or knowledge? At the risk of going too far too fast, let’s make this more understandable. Realize that in addition to physical things which are seen there are also non-physical things which by definition, are unseen. However, because something is not observable does not negate its existence. Truth is such an example. It manifests itself in unlimited ways depending on the questions being asked or the experiments being performed to determine its veracity. We cannot create truth, only discover it and that is key to understanding there are things which simply are but cannot be seen. In other words, things unseen can only be understood and conceptualized through discovery of their manifestations. Consider this, Laws of Physics are only observable when physical things are in motion, this is Newton’s first law of motion—energy in motion tends to stay in motion—stuff. The point is this law does exist and it took discovery to conceptualize it. In other words, discovery is the means whereby the observable is explained by the manifestations of the unobservable. As an example, watch an airplane as it flies overhead and know that it is not flying simply because it observably exists, rather it does so because it was constructed to obey things unseen, in this case, four competing forces—thrust vs. drag and lift vs gravity—which are required for successful, sustained flight. So then, these competing forces become observable once they are exposed by the airplane as thrust defeats drag and lift defeats gravity enabling take off and vice versa for landing. In other words, the Wright Bros. obviously did not invent flight, Orville, and Wilbur, by trial and error discovered the correct information enabling them to construct an airplane that could develop enough thrust to overcome drag and the proper wing configuration needed to lift the weight of the airplane off the ground and keep it off the ground. The knowledge discovered by the Wright Bros. during the trial-and-error phase resulted in what is called POC or Proof of Concept. Furthermore, proof defined by Merriam-Webster is, “The cogency of evidence that compels acceptance by the mind of a truth or a fact.” Therefore, truth and its discovery are evidential of the unseen—information—and becomes observable knowledge once it is put in motion—the unseen becomes seen. To lock that in, consider what Thomas Edison once said, “I have not failed. I’ve found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Notice what he said, “I’ve found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Found implies discovery and in that discovery, the correct information of what does and does not work became the knowledge required, thereby enabling Edison to develop a working light bulb or Proof of Concept. By definition, that same principle also applies to a prospector that pans here, there, and everywhere, until gold is discovered. The only difference being, gold is physical, and knowledge is not—exactly as described earlier regarding the known laws of physics. Hence, discovery is the act of revealing something that already exists. This means that whatever is discovered must have already existed, whether it is physical or not. In either case, discoveries are manifestations of what already exists.