DiscoStu Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 we have a fairly specialised visual processing system, so what do you think "reality" really looks like?or does it even look like anything? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slocombe Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 I think we all see a crude approximation of reality. Humans can only perceive a very narrow range of the electromagnetic spectrum and don't have enough brain capacity to properly process and understand the things we can perceive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamwalker. Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 its perception is dictated by the means of perceptionor its objective perception is dictated by the means of subjective perception. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtarman Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 It's kind of a false question...the idea of what something looks like presupposes that somebody or something is doing the looking. To ask what something "looks like" from an objective standpoint is a bit of a misnomer - objectivity (or the concept of objective reality) by definition has no standpoint, and can't really be experienced from one in a strict sense.But if I had to play along my guess would be that it looks something like it does when the "doors of perception" have been opened ;) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anodyne Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 To who? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr b.caapi Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 John Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsillyBean Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 So would a true reality be without perspective? Would it be the experience of everything all at once? Sounds like you would have to be part of everything to truly experience reality. I hope in death this is something I get to experience. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 toasted magickal marshmallows and shredded wheator this:-https://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/applications/core/interface/imageproxy/imageproxy.php?img=http://www.pxleyes.com/images/users/a/anatole/298/fullsize/4a51dc3b8760b.jpg&key=253722b38a7897472acc0c070a1b44e3892b5fce94354e64c73b1bd70fe8a442 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wert Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Reality is your ego taking a massive shit on protons, electrons and neutrons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-RC- Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Well the presumption is that reality must be perceived through the senses, in this instance our sense of sight. In that respect I guess reality 'looks' like light.If we presume that 'reality' can even be perceived at all by humans, then I would say it would be perceived as being a unified whole, of which we are an inextricable part. I guess the trickier question would be "Through what sense might we gain a true, or the truest, impression of reality at large?" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rigger Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I have often wondered this. Its hard to even understand the question let alone ponder an answer. One thing I do know is I wish my pondering was as smart and interesting as all the above posts! Nice work guys the ability to express complex and undefined ideas makes these questions even more intriguing.Some of this stuff here in general could make some pretty cool ideas for a movie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamwalker. Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 (edited) I also like Terry Pratchett's take on reality.........www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Yc_uA06tzxg Edited August 13, 2014 by Dreamwalker 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtarman Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Also funnily enough, and on a mini-tangent, mindfulness meditation is sort of all about the practice of striving to experience reality as it really is. It's really cool in that regard, especially the way it trains you not to jump to conclusions and take things for granted all the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
∂an Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 My first thought was: If look implies seeing with human eyes, then reality really looks like you and I see it.But to what extent is the picture of reality in our minds eye the result of a convolution of the data streams from all our senses? Does a deaf person see the world the same way a hearing person does? The phenomena of synthesia suggest probably not. And how much artistic license does our mind have over our picture of reality? The evolution of art from 2d pictographs to 3d "photo" realism suggests our brain does significant post-processing of the data stream.The appearance of reality seems to be dependent of both the sensing organ and the brain that processes it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wert Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I also think reality is taking a massive shit on your ego! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wert Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Reality= shit happens... not for any specific reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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