How to tell if someone is lying? Carefully. All methods of lie-detecting, including polygraph machines, are regularly fooled or used improperly, resulting in mistakes. There are a few good ways described here, but try to confirm the truth by other means as well, such as confession or investigation of the facts.
You should compare behavior in [...]

Thought experiments (Gedankenexperimenten) are “facts” in the sense that they have a “real life” correlate in the form of electrochemical activity in the brain. But it is quite obvious that they do not relate to facts “out there”. They are not true statements.
But do they lack truth because they do not relate to facts? How [...]

Many people has the notion that enlightenment is one state. Many also believe that when it is attained, a person is forever in that state.
The following is not a definitive article on this subject. It is just an expression of my own thoughts.
My opinion is that enlightenment is not just one state but is a [...]

The continuation of human being is the swan song expense, a pole of ethics and the foundation of all morality. This to blame unerring leverage most cultures and societies throughout history.
On early impression, the last sentence sounds patently inexact. We all know about human collectives that regarded human lives for unnecessary, that murdered and bunged [...]