Reading Response 5

Truthiness is a topic I do not think on often due to the fact that I believe something is the truth or not the truth. Of course there are times when a fact can be partly true and party not true, but in the grand scheme of things, it all comes down to what is truthful and what is not. I always listen to others’ ideas and opinions and all room for In the article, Wikiality, Truthiness, and Gut Thinking, by David Kyle Johnson, truth is defined as a “property of beliefs and propositions” (Johnson 27). This definition states that a “belief or preposition” is true if it corresponds to the way the world is. If I were to say chocolate is made the same everywhere in the world, I am opening myself up for controversy. I might think this statement is 100% true, but my friend might completely disagree with it. The disagreement my friend could possibly bring up is fine because it is one’s right to be able to state their opinion and believe what they think is true. Respect and truth correlate together because you have to respect an individual to hear their truth about a topic they are passionate about. It would be disrespectful to shut down everything they talked about just because it goes against what you believe is “true.” 

Besides the whole idea of respect and truth, gut thinking is a topic brought up in the article that I found intriguing because I am a big believer in “going with your gut.” It is proven that sometimes going with our gut can be more trustworthy than our intellect. If we, as humans, sense danger or a bad choice about to be made, our gut churns and “tells” us that what is about to happen is not about to end well. I always look out for when someone is bringing up an idea and my gut’s reaction. It happens in a split second, and I have learned to notice the bad feeling I sometimes get. I have developed this skill overtime from learning from my mistakes when I knew I had a bad “gut feeling” about something but disregarded it and carried on, and it did not end well. I connected with this article because I found it so fascinating that the “gut feeling” is real and dependable.