Rosco..Jones
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Reality... What a Concept!
I know enough to know that "Reality" can never be fully understood. Understanding reality is like trying to put together a giant jigsaw puzzle; one so big you can't see it all at once and do not know what the final picture may be. We search for pieces that are similar and try and fit them together into something we can understand. When we complete some small sections, we can start to theorize how they are connected.
What we experience and learn in life provides each of us with pieces of the puzzle. We use them to form our unique perspectives on the nature of reality. They also form filters through which we view everyday events. Our personal understanding of what we observe and/or experience is based upon our past experiences and present beliefs.
When you observe an event, you focus your attention on the aspects of it that you do because these filters make you so inclined. Different observers of the same event may have very differing views on what just occurred. Just ask the police how many times eyewitnesses have conflicting accounts.
We each have our own views on how reality works. Each view is unique. The reason is, our world view is based upon the unique set of life experiences and learnings that each of us has. Our beliefs may share similarities with others, but no two people's beliefs are exactly the same.
Each person experiences a different reality from everyone else. The shared reality of a shared event produces personal realities that are similar and others that are not. As for what really happened, majority rules, of course. An official version of a shared reality usually gets agreed upon. But remember, whatever each observers final beliefs end up being, that is real for them.
No-one can know or experience everything. Each of us focuses on different parts of the world's catalog of possibles. What we choose to experience, study and believe creates the filters through which we interpret the events of our lives. We each create our own reality with the choices we make. A skeptic focuses on ways to disprove. A believer looks for ways to confirm. An unbiased observer doesn't know what to do. We all have to believe in something. The choice on what, is up to each of us.
