Re: Sometimes I really do wonder...
Posted by monkeyLostInHead on 2024-July-13 17:36:13, SaturdayIn reply to Re: Sometimes I really do wonder... posted by Etenne on 2024-July-13 17:09:06, Saturday
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I think all truth is a unicorn, it is what we are able to perceive. I dont know if this is a joke or not, but it makes no sense. The thing that I think you fail to understand is that reality is not external to you...it is internal...it's created in your brain. You are incorrect. Firstly, I absolutely understand that the perceptions are created, or at least perceived, in the brain. Secondly, there is an external reality that those perceptions map onto. While the brain creates an image of what we see, and that image is internal, there is still external stimuli coming from reality, for example in the form of light bouncing off of objects in reality and then entering our eye. The fact that the image or representation of reality is internal does not mean its "my truth". It means that I have a flawed representation of reality, and some of my beliefs and perceptions will be wrong. Then the question becomes, how do we determine what is true and what isnt. Reason and the scientific method is currently the best way we have to determine that. Accepting everything I think, feel or experience as "my truth" is the worst way to determine what is actually true. That way, you can believe that you saw a unicorn, or believe that a god spoke to you, or any number of other false, or at least unproven, beliefs. The fact that the brain is flawed and imperfect and doesnt map reality perfectly, does not mean that someone seeing a unicorn is "their truth" |
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