Veritaserum and Authenticity

"The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth..."

How many people out there believe this exists?
It would seem to me that the truth is way too complicated to be able to share the whole thing. I mean the movement of atoms, the rotation of the stars, the movement of people, consequences, cause and effect, all working at the same time, not to mention human variability. How could you untangle the whole truth about something without leaving out anything?

As a Christian, I believe that truth lies with God. Not that we cannot see it or know some of it, but the whole truth lies with God. Of course, that is not going to stop any scientist looking for a protection against lies, but I am not always so sure we would want a world without lies. Human beings can be very harsh without our lies. I think the author of the article, was very correct in asserting that if an accurate truth drug were to be found, there would be some ethical grey areas to be tackled by the legal and ethical communities, and hopefully together.

Perhaps, humanity just needs to work on being more authentic. I will give it a try. 

Water, water, and not a drop to drink!

http://scienceblogs.com/lifelines/2013/02/15/how-using-the-restroom-may-be-harmful-to-fish/
It's even worse for the fish! Can you imagine the substance all around and within you to be toxic to you? That is not a good environment. It would be like having smog problems everywhere and having it cause mental and physical health problems. The poor fish! I don't know anything about the drug they researched in this article, but I would imagine that it is not the only harmful drug that is going through human systems and ending up in the water. Perhaps we can invent some kind of filter for people who take serious drugs to use so that excess drugs do not end up in the water. Installed in the toilets and then disposed of in another way, we could cut down on the pollutants in the environment causing havoc with the natural ecosystems. I don't know what would filter such toxins out or how best to dispose of them, but I am sure there are researchers who could figure those things out. I can't say we should all just taking serious medicines, because the quality of life given by the existence of the drugs is worth it to them. We should just be better about where we allow such things to go.