Reality Tunnels
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Most of us tend to like to think that our own view of reality is the correct and objective one. But the fact of the matter is that we all live in our own little subjective reality tunnels. We all have subconscious filters formed through our particular beliefs, goals, bodily peculiarities, experiences, education, etcetera. Hence, truth is different for every person. We all have a thinker and a prover in ourselves. What the thinker thinks the prover proves. Whatever thoughts we think are what dictate what we focus on in the world. And what we focus on in the world is what we use to try to prove to ourselves the accuracy of our thinking.
In a world where truth is different for every person, no one really knows anything. All that people know are their models of reality. Shakespeare noted in Hamlet that, “There are more things in heaven and earth….Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.†In other words, there is more to truth than we are able to dream up in our models of reality.
No one really knows anything. All we know are our models. Sometimes our models allow us to do neat things like send space vehicles to mars, or make beautiful art, but they are still models nonetheless and thus subject to incompleteness. There are always better ways, because there are always alternate models.
A major purpose of this website is to constantly challenge people’s models of reality–particularly the models of reality. Whether those models come from the scientific community, religious community, journalistic community, political community, economic community, etc. they are still merely models and thus forms of tunnel vision–regardless of their proposed usefulness. Leave any Barking Dogma at the door and come with me to explore beyond the tunnel.
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What an ambitous target! Well, I know I am not a soooo relevant reader (I am some of these who come here for the technological quiz), but you are on my feeds. I’d love to see the show!
Good luck!
wow so detailed… you’ve got my mind racing