where truth resides

“To find the truth you need do no more than examine everything you are absolutely sure would not lead to the truth and need only connect those facts that you are entirely sure had no relation at all. Because this, for better or worse, is exactly where the truth lies – at the intersection of the forgotten and the ignored, in the neighborhood of all we have tried to forget.” – Silette <a fictional detective>

So.

‘… truth resides at the intersection of the forgotten and the ignored.’

What a fabulous thought.

Truth is simple … and complicated. Once discovered it seems so simple you wonder why it didn’t occur to you earlier. And many times we beat ourselves up for not recognizing the truth faster.

Well. We didn’t get there faster because the road we traveled most likely was the tried & true.

The comfortable. The one most traveled.

And truth is most often found on the road that leads to the intersection of forgotten and ignored.

We forget things that make us uncomfortable.

We forget things that don’t seem to make sense.

We forget things that seem unimportant <to us>.

We ignore things that make us uncomfortable.

We ignore things that don’t seem to make sense.

We ignore things that seem unimportant <to us>.

Truth sometimes rises from the seemingly unimportant, from things that don’t make sense and almost always makes us uncomfortable.

Oh.

This fictional character also said … ‘simplicity is the refuge of fools.’

Truth is rarely simple … therefore ‘simple truths’ are the refuge of fools.

More of us should visit the knowledge neighborhood we have tried to forget more often. It isn’t simple … but most of us are not fools. Nor do we seek to live in the refuge of fools.

We seek to be something better.

We seek truth.

And to do so … we should examine everything we are sure would not lead to the truth.