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Is there a real "truth serum"?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Can Something Be True for One Person but Not Be Objectively True?

I guess we just have to talk about truth. What is truth? Can something be true for one person, but not be objectively true? I think we've seen that very much so in action, just in events like global political events, and the way people think about the world and how it functions. Something can be true forOne person, they can believe it to be true, even if it is not right. If you dope somewhat up with any of these substances, and they're convinced that's the truth, then they're going to maintain that that viewpoint. It's their version of the truth. Second, dangerously, these substances make a person highly suggestible. So look at it

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