For thousands of years, human beings have attempted to discover and understand the truth of this world. Those who asked seek the answer often ask the question: what are the truth, fiction, and reality. It is easy to understand fiction and reality. Fiction is the thing that is made up, fake, or unreal. Reality is the world that we live in, including the events that actually happened. Many times it is easy to notice what fiction is. For example, when one hears a story about traveling through time and meet dinosaur, it is often considered as fiction. It is considered as fiction because it has never happened in reality. Therefore, we can conclude that fiction and reality are opposite of each other. Those stories that are fiction are often times exaggerated and unbelievable, simply because they have never occurred in reality.

                However, many debates are around the reality, about what actually happened. For example, the origin of human beings and the earth has many versions of explanation. Of many, the creation and Big Bang Theory are the most famous ones. On one side, people said God created the earth and human. On the other side, they said, some unknown force exploded and created the universe. The event that actually happened is the reality and is the truth.

                Generally there are two beliefs of truths: subjective and absolute. Subjective truths are the reality that a person perceived as. For example, if a person believes that Big Bang theory is the reality, then that is the truth. It is solely based on a person’s own logics, argument and experiences. The other one is the absolute truth, or the event that actually happens. This type of truth is the reality. It is very difficult or almost impossible to know the absolute truth of an event or object. For example, during Galileo’s era, most people believe that the earth is flat, and one would fall off into space if one goes too far in one direction. During that time, the flat earth theory is the truth. Galileo’s theory is considered fiction, the unreal version of the truth. Now, with the assistance of satellites and pictures from outer space, we can see that the earth is indeed round. The latest evidence shows that the early belief of truth is wrong. However, are we indeed “right”? The early believers of flat earth based their truth from their observation. They can see the flat earth when they are on the earth. We can see the round earth when we see from space. However, can we see earth as a different shape or being if we use a different perspective? Is it possible that in the future, when we use more advance technology, we can see earth in another form? The ultimate question is that do have we found the absolute truth about earth yet? To understand the truth, we must first know what truth is or at least what type of truth we are pursuing.