Absolute Failure

Those who believe in absolute truth will only find absolute failure. Absolute concepts have no place in our universe, ever changing, always growing, and progressing. Once any ascertain to a concepts absolute truth is made, then the knowledge itself is corrupted, since all conceptual theory and discovery is only consistent as long as the current circumstances as we perceive them, remain constant. And they do not for eternity, because they cannot. The universe is too powerful a force to allow for stagnation. The ever progressing and evolving reality we perceive to be this universe will never remain consistent, therefore the idea or concept of an absolute, is false. The only absolute in our universe is the fact that there are no absolutes. The laws of physics for example, while relevant to scientific discovery and evolution, have no possible absolute parameters, because they are only applicable to our planet, and our solar system, and our fraction of the known universe. The speed of light as we understand it has an absolute well known definition and value, yet we have no idea how these calculations may figure into the speed of light, inside a black hole. How can we ever truly know the speed of light, if that value can be changed?

This idea is not just related to abstract scientific equations and calculations, but can be applied to life in general on all levels. It is why compromise exists and the reason the human race is so well suited to change. As we progress, learn of new ideas, concepts and realites, the new data will change all the understanding and knowledge that come before. The absolute understanding of any concept is failure. The absolute dependence on any knowledge is a extension of imagination. The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action. When absolute truth is a necessity we destroy the process of discovery. To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood; It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be. This is the fallacy of power: ultimately it is effective only in an absolute, a limited universe. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim.