> **“before arguing about truth mankind might first considereth whether anyone hath agreed what truth meaneth”**  
> — william shakespeare  
> *much ado about epistemologyeth*  
> *definitions unavailableeth due to ongoing disagreement*

harketh horatio

as a neurodivergent

my biggest mistake was assuming everyone wants to know the truth

whose truth?

the truth

based on what?

evidence

which evidence?

reliable evidence

reliable according to whom?

experts

which experts?

the good ones

how knowest thou they are good?

because they use good evidence

horatio stareth

we appear to have enteredeth a circle

fucketh

and what assumptions are hiding underneath?

that reality existeth independently of us

that observation can reveal it

that language can describe it

that evidence can be weighed

that people mean roughly the same thing by true

that they are trying to reduce error rather than defendeth identity

that seems like rather a lot of assumptions

yeseth

and doth everyone share them?

absolutely fucking noteth

then perhaps the mistake was not assuming everyone wants truth

what was it?

assuming everyone is playingeth epistemology

some are playing politics

some belonging

some morality

some status

some survival

some religion

some vibes

some comment sectioneth

and occasionally

someone is actually asking what happened

horatio

how canst thou tell the difference?

excellent questioneth

and hath anyone solvedeth it?

nay

then what do we doeth?

ask one more question

which one?

**what would change thy mindeth?**

and if the answer is nothing?

horatio

then thou hast finally discoveredeth what conversation thou art actually having

**ah**

**fucketh**