I'm Confused About The Difference Between Reality And Perception

[PipePic]

perception: they think i like my co worker wayne because i have not stuffed his head in the toilet.

reality : i need a paycheck, thus i do not stuff waynes head into the toilet.

I will hide the evidence and make do with stuffing everything in the dumpster out back

 

[Brendan]

perception: they think i like my co worker wayne because i have not stuffed his head in the toilet.

reality : i need a paycheck, thus i do not stuff waynes head into the toilet.

I will hide the evidence and make do with stuffing everything in the dumpster out back

☊ The head first into the toilet bowl. - Arnold Schwarzenegger...

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[pappymac]

I was given a puppy as a young kid back in the 1960s. The puppy bit me so we named it Reality.
This proved Reality bites.

Perception is that humans are the only intelligent sentient life form in the universe.
Reality is that humans are not even close to being intelligent.

 

[Gerald Boone]

I've already decided none of you can accurately answer this, but I'm asking anyway just for

I've already decided none of you can accurately answer this, but I'm asking anyway just for sport.

This is a deep question that multiple philosophers have opinioned upon. This link may be of use. Be ready for doing a lot of reading much of it in German and hard to follow but always thought provoking. The link is a starting point indicating key thinkers upon the subject.

Phenomenology (philosophy) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Hillcrest]

I've already decided none of you can accurately answer this, but I'm asking anyway just for sport.

Does this help in any way ?

https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1935465030402851197/video/1

 

[Hillcrest]

Ask a schizophrenic and compare it to your perception.

Hmmmm ... no. Not again. Too long a conversation and too much agreement.

 

[sardonicus87]

This is a deep question that multiple philosophers have opinioned upon. This link may be of use. Be ready for doing a lot of reading much of it in German and hard to follow but always thought provoking. The link is a starting point indicating key thinkers upon the subject.

Phenomenology (philosophy) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

If anyone is legitimately curious about Phenomenology, I recommend Maurice Merleau-Ponty and his Phenomenology of Perception as a starting point... he's infinitely more accessible than Hegel.

 

[The Benedictine]

Hmmmm ... no. Not again. Too long a conversation and too much agreement.