In the first week of this semester, I had a perplexing conversation with one of my suitemates, in which she shared her belief that “the truth does not matter.” This seemed like a rather shocking claim to me, especially given the prolific amount of fake news in the United States right now, so I decided…
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The Collegiate Crisis of Truth
Before we come to college, we think we have the truth, only to be confronted with a crisis of understanding not long after classes begin. Even when we are lacking the objective facts we want, we must not stop searching.