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> We do experience reality directly: our nerve endings do. Depending on how you define "reality" we only experience a tiny subset of it. We can only see/hear/t
by pwm 5y ago
> We do experience reality directly: our nerve endings do.
Depending on how you define "reality" we only experience a tiny subset of it. We can only see/hear/touch/smell/taste a very restricted universe, only what our "antennas" can detect. In fact I would argue that we experience close to 0% of all of reality. On top of this extremely restricted input our processing of it is imperfect which means some of what we experience has nothing to do with reality.
- tgv 5y agoRestricted as it may be, we experience reality. Experiencing reality completely is impossible anyway. And in the context of hallucination, what we can't experience doesn't matter.
- pwm 5y agoSure, I don't disagree but (to me anyway) it's important to point out the difference between reality vs. our potential intake from it. The blind men and the elephant parable applies.