3 ms·

> the more we represent and perceive the representation as real, the less the real pertains to the reality we perceive. Does this comment imply that if we remo

> the more we represent and perceive the representation as real, the less the real pertains to the reality we perceive. Does this comment imply that if we removed the Roman Empire vestiges, and removed computers and the internet ... Does this comment imply that people who lived before all that had a more real reality, or at least a more real perception of reality? Or am I safe to assume that folk of yore were plagued by their own mythology. And so it was since time immemorial, and so it shall be forever forward.

madaxe_again 9y ago
We’ve been mystics, building false realities in which to inhabit (gods, daemons, myths and legends) since we had the cognitive capacity to do so. I find it exciting. We each have within our heads the ability to sculpt reality not just for ourselves but for the human world as a whole. We just tend to imagine bad realities - vengeful gods, despotic dictatorships, the dangerous and unknown “other”.