Sharing a blog I wrote at the Times of Israel:
Is October 7 an empirical fact?
Credit for illustration: the Facebook page of the artist Maayan Guri . Guri has also been creating other October 7 illustrations and portraits of the hostages, for example:
I agree with your point, but I'm more pessimistic. I think for many people we're already in a postmodern, post-truth age, where truth depends on your "standpoint" and social identity rather than anything objective and empirical. I worry there's no easy way back.