Friedrich Nietzsche notoriously asserted: “There are no facts, only interpretations.” Understood one way — that there are no objective truths — his remark seems quite clearly false. However, if the statement is understood as a descriptive claim about human psychology, it’s not clear to me that it’s wrong. That is, if he means that people very often confuse their interpretations with the facts, then he’s onto something.
How Do You Know What You Think You Know?
Correctly judging what’s fact and what’s interpretation matters a lot when you’re weighing a decision.
October 23, 2013