Thursday, March 29, 2007

Reality or Perception

Lately, I've been struggling with the concepts of reality and the perception of truth.

We know that every situation can be looked at many different ways. There is only one reality, right? If so, how can two people look at the same series of events and have two different perceptions of what the truth is? How can you tell who's version of reality is correct?

We each experience our own version of the truth and most of the time we are completely unable to relate to anyone else's version of reality. I can tell you how an apple tastes, but only how it tastes to me. You can share the same apple and have a completely different experience. Two realties?

So here is the question: Are these personal realities merely a result of perception, or are there multiple realities? Is there objective reality?


Dragon

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