Illusion or reality?
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
We depend completely on our perceptions to carry on normal existence, but the truth is we never see reality as it really is, since we are unable to see the outside world directly, seeing only into our own psychological consciousness.
The familiar argument “I only believe in what I see and touch” is a fallacy because we do not see with our eyes or touch with our fingers; we do these things with our brains, which are subject to innumerable restrictions, filters and controls.
In the following article I have tried to show how fallible, limited and fragile our perceptions are.
Darío Salas Sommer
Academy of Sciences
Raen, Russia
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The familiar argument “I only believe in what I see and touch” is a fallacy because we do not see with our eyes or touch with our fingers; we do these things with our brains, which are subject to innumerable restrictions, filters and controls.
In the following article I have tried to show how fallible, limited and fragile our perceptions are.
Darío Salas Sommer
Academy of Sciences
Raen, Russia
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