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Perception vs Reality.
After many years of pondering, I now feel that Perception is Reality.
What say thou?
For those who have the wherewithal to read on, here is the fine print (this is all my opinion, based on several events, experiences, readings, over all these years; please feel free to comment):
Consider two states:
Dream: During a dream, my mind creates a new universe and passes me through some events, circumstances. After the dream is over, this is all false. But, at the time the dream is happening, it is real; I meet a friend there, and talk to him, etc. and all this is real then. I come across a dangerous situation, and instinctively attempt to escape; maybe the heart pounds faster at that time; this is real. So, the perception felt during a dream is indeed reality. For each dream, the universe is different.
Waking: Similar to a dream, with an important difference: The dream repeats every day within the same universe, with the same set of people and locations. With every passing day, the perception changes, and hence the reality also changes. In other words, I perceive a new 'fact' about a person or situation; and this is my new reality. In essence, perception is reality. Notwithstanding the fact that this reality changes every day. The day my life ends, this is all false.
Did the above cause a perceived confusion in your mind? Well, that is indeed reality.
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Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol. ![Beer | [beer]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif)
veni bibi saltavi
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I bet you had to look up what "lack of alcohol" ment 
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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How would you know, you have never experienced that state
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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I first postulated my theory back in the 80's and I've vigorously avoided reality ever since!
veni bibi saltavi
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Avijnata wrote: What say thou?
It's an irrelevant debate. 
But keep in mind that your perception defines your reality, not mine, just as my perception defines my reality, not yours. It's pretty darn amazing that we can actually have a shared consensual reality.
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: It's pretty darn amazing that we can actually have a shared consensual reality.
Actually - you're on your own. The mistaken impression that you're experiencing a shared consensual reality is simply a manifestation of our schizophrenia.
Some of us already new that. The others are in denial.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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I'm always here, but sometimes Code Project goes away...
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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I never consented to any of this.
Will Rogers never met me.
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you all don't exist you are just brains floating in a jar fed life from a computer (and looking at some of the questions in Q&A I now know where all the old 286's ended up)
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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From an old Usenet quote:
"Some scientists say that the brain is like a computer. If that is true, then there are no stupid people; only a few running DOS"
I'm sure we could come up with a more contemporary version...
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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Reality - the font is too small. I can't read it.
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I am a figment of my own imagination 
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How can you be sure, you might just be imagining that
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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 I never thought of that!
Now I'm worried ... unless... perhaps I could imagine myself into a better job ... I'm going to work on that 
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LSD or magic mushrooms might help
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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My take on this is that reality is not a helpful term as it reifies what are essentially experiences or phenomena that are temporary and ever changing.
Perhaps a better explanation is that how I interpret my perception gives me a view of the world I live in.
On a more important point, I now have the munchies - can anyone recommend a good snack.
(I had better put down the pipe and get back to work)
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Avijnata wrote: During a dream, my mind creates a new universe and passes me through some events, circumstance
No, it doesn't.
A dream is the bit of your nightly defrag and re-compression of existing memory data that is run through your perception centres for one of several possible reasons (probably including some we haven't thought of, yet).
There's nothing mystical about dreaming; it's a data-storage function.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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"Reality is a crutch for those who can't handle Science Fiction"
-- some great mind with a better memory than I
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Almost made it on time! Raining like a very rainy thing here today...
Said, strangely, to be very quiet and soothing, yet ultimately a bit of a letdown (14)
Good luck!
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"Disappointment"?
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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from the pp and ointment I'm thinking you have it
but whee does DISA come into it?
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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oh! silly me! Said anagram thereof!
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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Winner! Very fast, epsecially for a Monday!
Your turn tomorrow.
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