For years grade school students faced this question on their science tests: "True or False-The famous rings of the planet Saturn are composed of solid material." If the students marked "true," they lost credit, because the "truth" was that Saturn's rings were composed of gas or dust. Then, in 1973, radar probes revealed that all those wrong answers had been right. Saturn's rings are, in fact, composed of solid matter. 12 This confusing case seems to suggest that the truth changed. Did it really? Explain.

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Charlie Mcclure

11 October, 09:35

For years grade school students faced this question on their science tests: "True or False-The famous rings of the planet Saturn are composed of solid material." If the students marked "true," they lost credit, because the "truth" was that Saturn's rings were composed of gas or dust. Then, in 1973, radar probes revealed that all those wrong answers had been right. Saturn's rings are, in fact, composed of solid matter. 12 This confusing case seems to suggest that the truth changed. Did it really? Explain.

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Marianna Oconnor · Answer 1

Answer: Yes the truth changed, because more information was discovered. When we have some kind of information, we depend on expertise to us the truth.

If someone give us the truth about something, we normally believe it, until they said it was not the truth.

In this case, the truth was created based in the information that was given from the experts in the past. The information that is provided can becomes the truth of someone or a group of people.