Fluid Truth

Truth that flows and changes over time, adapting to new information, new contexts, and new understanding. Fluid truth acknowledges that what was true yesterday may not be true today, that knowledge evolves, that certainty is temporary. This isn't relativism—it's recognition that truth is a process, not a possession. Fluid truth is the truth of science (theories improve), of personal growth (you learn, you change), of history (understanding deepens). It's unsettling for people who want permanent answers and liberating for those who accept that learning never stops. Fluid truth flows like a river—always moving, never the same, but still real.

Example: "He used to believe his parents' politics were absolutely true. Then he learned more, experienced more, thought more. Fluid truth flowed through him, carrying old certainties away, depositing new understandings. His parents called him a flip-flopper. He called it learning. Fluid truth doesn't stand still, which is exactly the point."

by AbzuInExile February 16, 2026

Fluid System Truth

Truth that flows within systems where boundaries shift, categories dissolve, and identities transform. Fluid system truth is never fixed because the system itself is always becoming something else. This is the truth of personal identity (you're not the same person you were), of cultural evolution (societies change), of living relationships (they grow or die). Fluid system truth requires letting go of fixed understandings and learning to flow with the system. It's the truth of rivers, not rocks.

Example: "He tried to define his relationship with his adult child—'close,' 'distant,' 'good,' 'strained.' Fluid system truth said none of these stuck because the relationship was fluid: close sometimes, distant others; good in some contexts, strained in others; always flowing, never fixed. He stopped defining and started participating, which was the only way to be in a fluid truth."

by AbzuInExile February 16, 2026