...what do you guys think? I have just stumbled onto this revelation and i am shocked...shocked out of my mind.

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haha... isn't that what the "matrix" is all about??? hahaa

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But what, I must ask, is perception? Which of our five senses should we trust the most? And, last but not least, is there perception without sensation (ESP)? The answers to these questions and more are not known to me. Dean! I implore you! Enlighten me!


Seriously though, I don't think that there's a sense that human beings, as we are today, trust as much as sight. Granted, it's fraught with problems, but how much of our world is focused on our ability to see (i.e. fashion)? Enlighten, illuminate.. all references to the ability to see.

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I have just stumbled onto this revelation and i am shocked...shocked out of my mind.

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Believe me, he's not

heh.

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Seriously though, I don't think that there's a sense that human beings, as we are today, trust as much as sight. Granted, it's fraught with problems, but how much of our world is focused on our ability to see (i.e. fashion)? Enlighten, illuminate.. all references to the ability to see.

Yes.

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reality - The quality or state of being actual or true.

I'm going to take this at a different perspective, considering reality is truth (which is one of it's definitions.) If reality is perception...you're basically saying that what you percieve is what is.

Yes, perception might have influenced our current state, got us to where we are now (i.e. perhaps dominant species on earth.)

Even so, does it really mean that what we percieve is the full truth?
Of course not. Our perception is in no ways the full truth.
First off, lets consider that everyone has the equal and unbaised perspective, or perception on things.
Considering that what we percieve is influenced by our innate and learned knowledge, we can say that perception has a correlation w/ knowledge. And the truth of the matter is, although we are intellegent, learned beings, we still do not know all. If we do not know all, how can we possibly percieve the truth. Perhaps we may percieve bits and pieces of the truth, but we can never fully say that what we percieve is the full truth.

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reality is defined as whatever is universally true i think

we can't perceive that cause we are hindered by our senses, hence we can't ever realize the greater truth out there. The only reality we have is one warped by our perception. We perceive a "truth", but it's not the truth, only a tenet held by the general population as humanity as being true. For us it's true, that could change from species to species, moreso it could be completely different than how things are. Then again, it could be exactly the same.

Bronowski time, tolerance people. Accept the fact that we'll never know, but don't let that stop you from trying to find out.

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Perception is ruled by the mind.
The mind can be manipulated to falsehoods.
As such, perception is not always reality.

Since all of our knowledge comes from our or other senses, it's never the full truth.

I agree with Bronowski in one respect: Accept the fact you'll never know.
But I don't think we'll ever be able to find out either. Humans have the greatest potential but also make the greatest errors.

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Well, let me give you an example how much reality is perception.

I forget where but some scientists did this test. They told their subjects that they would burn them with a hot coal. So, the scientists touched them with an ice cube. Out of fear and expectation of the "coal" coming' they were left with a burn mark.

Its wierd. The matrix, has a point. What if we are all connected to something that makes our mind dream the same dream, when we die, we wake up.

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i don't think that was a real test, that scientist thing you are talking about. That is so absurd, the mind can't make burns on your body, if that was the case what'd stop us from willing our bones back together? We can't will physical effects on ourselves haha.

i believe heyitsdean means, by reality is perception, is that our reality is perception, not the that real reality is perception.

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Perception is ruled by the mind.
The mind can be manipulated to falsehoods.
As such, perception is not always reality.

Since all of our knowledge comes from our or other senses, it's never the full truth.

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i don't think that was a real test, that scientist thing you are talking about. That is so absurd, the mind can't make burns on your body, if that was the case what'd stop us from willing our bones back together? We can't will physical effects on ourselves haha.

i believe heyitsdean means, by reality is perception, is that our reality is perception, not the that real reality is perception.

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still don't buy it, sorry.

I don't care if it's on CNN, i don't totally trust them and neither should anyone else...TOK people come on and join in! haha. Anyway, i'll still stand with my original point, it's an impossibility for the mind to create physical change of that extremity through sheer "fear" or any other emotion. Humans aren't that divine.

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If I blind folded you and told you that i'm going to kick you in the head but I kick you in the balls. You anticipate the blow to the head but you get the wind knocked out of you since you weren't anticipating the kick to the balls. Right? Well If I told you I was going to put Nitrogen on your arm but put boiling water on it. It would feel cold. Its just what your body expects and anticipates. Have you ever put your hand in hot water but not been able to tell if its hot or cold?

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it's not as if i didn't understand it. I simply don't think it's possible.

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its all based on fear of being burned. if i were to tease you by putting it less than one cm away from your skin telling you it will be burned, you will get a burn mark out of fear of being burned.

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A burn is a physical reaction to an extreme temperature.
Using one of your examples, if you were to tell me you were going to kick me in the nuts but instead you kicked me in the head, would millions of my sperm die? Not likely.
Mind over matter works, but only to a point. After that accept the physics and chemistry of physiology and it makes sense.

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its all based on fear of being burned. if i were to tease you by putting it less than one cm away from your skin telling you it will be burned, you will get a burn mark out of fear of being burned.

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hahaha again, it's not as if i don't understand this utterly simple concept. Stop with the examples, they aren't doing anything for your side.

-edit- yes, requiem has the right idea.

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If you get it than it shouldn't seem that far-fetched. It did happen, it wasn't just on one person either. I'm trying to get the tape that my teacher had of it later on this week so I can re-watch it and give the full results of the test.

You all under-estimate the power of the human mind.

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