What Is Truth?

Didn't someone allegedly say "what is truth?" It may be an invention of the character who wrote that part of John's Gospel, whoever he was, but it rings true for a Roman official in a land of wonders and superstitions he never encountered in Italy. It could even be considered a profound question. I think so. However, in our time of fake truth masquerading as real truth and real truth being denigrated as fake news, it is a question we could well spend time analyzing. I don't think most people want to know what truth is; I believe they want to know what makes them comfortable and comforted. This is perhaps the greatest problem with democracy as a system: Voters don't seek truth, are not equipped to do so. Plato of course knew this 1400 years ago, but it is never out of date to remember it.