In the Seekings of Truthiness and the Truth

Truthiness. A word which was voted as the 2005 word of the year by the American Dialect Society.

I came across this word few days ago in a philosophy book and decided to do some researches about this interesting little but with big and deep meaning.

Truthiness, True, Truth. I guess these words play an important role in our daily life. I found the meaning of Truthiness in Wikipedia : Truthiness is a satirical term invented by Stephen Colbert in reference to the quality by which a person claims to know something intuitively, instinctively, or "from the gut" without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or actual facts. Interesting? yes, it is a very interesting subject to me.

Some time ago, I wrote about Truth and it's becoming more exciting to me now because it's hitting me again.

Well, as we all know, Truth is white and lies are black. Perception and reality somehow or rather are related. So, I guess, the saying, "Perception is Reality" is probably the greatest and only real Truth. What'd you say?

Truth is factual and not a feeling. Despite that, truth is layered and evolving because life changes, situation changes even we change!

Truthiness is a feeling. Somehow, the distinction between Truth and Truthiness are crictical. Maybe, the next time when someone talks to you about the Truth, try to substitute the word Truth with Truthiness instead and see whether the conversation makes anymore sense.
So, now, do we discuss about finding the Truth or Truthiness? Can Truthiness be trusted? Do we make any judgements or decisions based on the Truthiness or the Truth? How do we relate Truth and Truthiness in our beliefs and religions? Do we seek for the Truth or just trust the Truthiness? Is it a good element to be the Truth or Truthiness?

I opine that if we think deeper about the nature of Truth, Truthiness, Reality and Perceptions, we will lead a richer and more nuanced life. It is important and somehow or rather related in our daily life. maybe you should stop awhile, think and ponder....it will affect our life.