The bamboozle is real

I know you're just commenting and don't hopefully mean that literally but I'm still obliged to say, the truth is a fact and completely independent of people or their perception/wants of the truth. Truth is by definition objective and not subjective. Which is what this ^ is getting at; along with it gets easier to deny facts the longer you deny them. Nothing removes all respectability from a person faster than saying "my truth". This is both dishonest and idiotic. Dishonest because what they really mean, and they know it, is it's their opinion. Idiotic because we all know it's not the truth and when someone starts by saying "well my truth" the next words out of their mouth should be completely disregarded as nothing more than fiction or an outright lie.

Truth is among the few truly objective things in reality, but the problem is everyone is subjective by nature. We're never gonna have the society of truth everyone thinks they want, because we all have a subjective view on what "truth" is. Yes, many of us agree truth is the undeniable reality of something, but Sagan's lesson is cutting in that even stated, it'll never catch on. The text in bold of the meme is the ultimate truth. For example about how challenging it is to find "truth", one could dip their hand into the can of worms that is trans identity: Is it true that they are biologically the sex they are born with, or is it true that they are biologically the sex they choose? You aren't looking for the truth of the matter because the question and the answer you choose is affected by outside things, like politics and personal beliefs which could be rooted in lies deliberate or unknowing. You could even argue the way I phrase the question could divert you from or lead you to "truth".

Of course that's the worst and the best part about truth. We do all have our rose tinted glasses but trying to find the truth regardless of that handicap is a noble pursuit. The hardest part in my opinion is not swapping one shade of glasses for another. It's always best to go smaller rather than larger when attempting to find the truth. Physicist have it way easier in that regard because there is an absolute limit and the smaller we go the better we can understand reality. Sociologists on the other hand are constantly hampered by "culture" and the fact that while you can go down in scope the big picture can be just as important. As for your example, right now biological sex isn't in question. Your chromosomes dictate that and anything else is merely cosmetic or ideological. We may get to the point were we can change that but for now it's just not possible. But that is biological it's rather cut and dry. Sociological it's a mess and I try to avoid the sociological whenever possible.