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I identify with the following words of Socrates:
“Know thyself”.
“The unexamined life is not worth living”.
I am a person who seek depth in life and living. This has been an overwhelming desire in me even since childhood. It is identified with a
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It is something how "reality" can be manipulated by the media, liars, and deranged people. I suppose we can call some of these realities sub-realities.
I think as we discover more of what is out in the universe, we will be changing our current view on reality.
The world has perceived reality to be that which society has accepted.
Mainly what the world sees, thinks and acts upon.
And i wonder what can we say about a person who has schizophrenia.
In the "Social Construction Of Reality", the authors Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann, say that reality is socially constructed and socially sustained.
As you have pointed out, especially with "news" items, the media appears to play a significant role in this regard.
"I think as we discover more of what is out in the universe, we will be changing our current view on reality."
This is in keeping with my statement re the history of science in which several scientific laws and theories have undergone modification and even rejection in some cases.
What really is the criterion for reality? With one approach, there is no criteria for reality.
My reality is here and now .... Thats all I know.
reality: the state of things as they are or appear to be, rather than as one might wish them to be
criterion: a standard by which something can be judged or decided
Based on your comment, my question to you is:
Is there such a thing as reality at all, and how do you know if there is or is not?
Thanks for your comment.
"My reality is here and now .... That's all I know."
Very nicely put!
Perhaps, that is the only thing we can be sure of and call reality unless our entire existence and awareness is an illusion.
Anyway, have fun in Venice.
"We lock up or treat people with drugs who's reality differs too much from the majority, but maybe they are living in the real world and us in the illusion."
I read somewhere where someone said:
"The real difference between the staff and the patients in a mental hospital is who holds the keys"
We all perceive things different as we all have different characters, values, living circumstances etc. Influences from outside as you mentioned do have a big influence on the perception of many.