The concept of relativism is the idea that truth is relative to each person (or group), and that there is no absolute truth common to all people. Could it be that there is no universal truth?

I realized that I can refute relativism with one five-word statement:

I AM GOING TO DIE.

The statement is subjectively true: I am personally going to die.

The statement is objectively true: For each person who exists, the statement is true that the person will die. There are no exceptions.

The statement is universally true: There is no one to whom this statement doesn't apply.

Those who deny that this statement is true are thought to be delusional, be in denial, or have some sort of mental problem which stops them from processing reality correctly. We tend to want to get these people psychological help to allow them to integrate with, or cope better with, reality. We do not consider them to have found their own relative truth.

In some cases, people believe they can end the necessity to die through some sort of new technology. These people seem to be at most dreamers who have little chance of achieving the goal. Some, for example, think the contents of the mind, including personality, could be stored in a computer. Having been a computer user for over twenty years, I would not believe such a thing possible, since computer hardware and storage is even more fragile than biological wetware.

Relativism can't be correct, because I have found an absolutely true statement. If one statement can be found, it is possible that absolute truths exist.