"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not a truth." (Marcus Aurelius, Roman leader, philosopher, Stoic).

        I agree with Aurelius's statement because I believe that in all situations there exists an infinite number of perspectives, and therefore I believe that all facts are based on nothing more than a group of opinions. For example, some may argue that Aurelius is wrong because if you drop an apple it will unquestionably fall down until it makes contact with the ground; however if one person was standing on their head that apple would appear to be going up. In addition, math was created on the basis of a couple arbitrary conclusions that had to be called facts or else the system would not have lasted because people would consistently question the whole mathematical system if they saw it as nothing more than a perspective. The same is true for time. Who is to say there aren't 48 hours in a day with thirty minutes comprising each hour. Or maybe twenty-four months in a year with an average of around fifteen days each month. With these examples it becomes evident that what we refer to as "facts" are actually just agreements made by a majority of humanity based on similar opinions. But why make these conclusions? Well, without these agreements society could not function efficiently because it would not have a basis for communication and structure. Therefore, humanity only dubs things "facts" in an attempt to create order in a world filled with infinite entropy. Lastly, my agreement with Aurelius's statement brings up one final question: what does all this make my blog entry or even his quote? So, I would like to end this post by making clear that I acknowledge that both this entry and his quote are not facts and nothing more than perspectives.