GRE Issue

"Important truths begin as outrageous, or at least uncomfortable, attacks upon the accepted wisdom of the time."




Important truths begin as outrageous or at least uncomfortable explicate the fact that important truths are contrary to general notions and accepted wisdom of time.This need not be true in all cases.Let us discuss this in detail.

In an instance astronauts muster information about a meteoroid, which suppose to pass tangential to earth.By postulations,statistics and actuarial they may come to conclusion that meteoroid passes earth surface without damaging life on earth.This is a accepted wisdom of the time.

On the day tracing out trajectory of meteoroid and it is confirmed to astronauts that meteoroid going to hit earth causing destruction of millions of people on earth. This is a truth need to be spread and can be outrageous.

On the other side of a coin, truths can be a sweet news as well.A aspirant for an interview lost his all hopes after a pall interview.He was under a wisdom that he can't able to clear interview.After result announced if his name is their in selected candidates list then important truth can be a good news.

So mustering all above facts I can say that important truths neither can be sweet news nor a outrageous,uncomfortable depending on circumstances. It is not necessary that truths always be uncomfortable to the general notion or wisdom of time. In later example truth become a fortune for the aspirant even though his wisdom of time is negative and he was expecting a reject. Whereas earlier case truth become a outrageous disaster and contrary to general notion and wisdom of time. So topic can be interpreted both ways and depending on situation.