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robbdn · 04-20-2005, 08:59 PM

Well said, Phage. Continuing along those same lines...

doesn't it seem that objective reality does exist? When my senses don't work right, the momentary failure automatically registers as "unreal" cognitively. At the same time what I experienced through my senses was definitely real, subjectively, the cognitive functions filter the experience out as non-conforming sensory information. Meaning it doesn't coincide with the objective rules of reality that have been laid out and trained into individuals by society.

I would like to pose that objective reality does indeed exist, but only as a construct. As such, it too is fallible, just as our senses are. Kind of cyclical logic, I know, but it works for me! (in other words, I'm still sane).

04-20-2005, 08:59 PM	#17 (permalink)
robbdn Crazy	Well said, Phage. Continuing along those same lines... doesn't it seem that objective reality does exist? When my senses don't work right, the momentary failure automatically registers as "unreal" cognitively. At the same time what I experienced through my senses was definitely real, subjectively, the cognitive functions filter the experience out as non-conforming sensory information. Meaning it doesn't coincide with the objective rules of reality that have been laid out and trained into individuals by society. I would like to pose that objective reality does indeed exist, but only as a construct. As such, it too is fallible, just as our senses are. Kind of cyclical logic, I know, but it works for me! (in other words, I'm still sane). __________________ I'm swimming in the digital residue of a media-drenched world. It's too cold.