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In the Thread: The Brain Inertia.
Post Subject: Sometimes the product of the hallucination is the reality itself.Posted by haralanov on: 3/1/2012
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Yes, all
this is in a way correct, but it depends on the abilities of a given person to
see the objective side of the Reality, or at least to try to be as objective as
possible. It is well known fact that the reality is very subjective thing,
because it depends on how it is being perceived by different persons. Everybody perceives it in different way, he is
convinced that what he sees/hears is the reality, simply because it is true for
him/her. But what he perceives is the result of the interaction between his
inner world and the absolute reality. Under given circumstances one can see/hear
things (differences) that do not exist in the objective reality, so your observations are correct. Look at the
following illustration. Do you see any difference in the color of the two
squares?
Yes?
Congratulations, your judgement was in fact just a reflection of the
objective reality bent through the prism of your subjective perception. The
brain could be very easily fooled and you can verify this by blocking with your
finger the part of the picture marked with white rectangle. Now there is no
difference between the colors of A and B squares, right?
Yes, the
difference in the taste between Coke and Pepsi from certain perspective could
be defined as hallucination, just as the
difference in the fragrance of two “different” perfumes, but the important
question that arise on the surface is does it really matters given the fact no
one is truly objective in his/her judgement.
Some people
who use drugs could see “real” (from their subjective point of view) snakes in front of them
while their brain is affected of the drug. This is what they see and they believe it is real, no matter they are hallucinating if we observe what they see by different (and more objective) angle. But who can guarantee that me, you
and Joe are able to see the world in more or less objective way? In your view
the music of Bruckner is something very special, but for the average Joe the
same music could be piece of crap, because his perception of the world is quite
different than yours. Then who is right in his judgement about the Bruckner’s
music – you or Joe? How could one find the answer of this question? Some people
would suggest it is a matter of taste. But are they correct in their
suggestion, having in mind there is no objective measure to define what is bad
or good taste? Good taste relative to what? Bad taste relative to what? I don’t want to ask philosophic questions, so back to the
topic. Let's imagine a given person who has his “Brain
inertia” type of perception is listening to something. He has his own opinion for the sound. He
could be very wrong about it (and there are quite objective ways to determine
this), but does it really matters that somebody thinks differently, given the
fact that his perception is the reality itself (for him)? Does he really care about other people's opinion for his quite subjective perception of reality, when he is sure what he hears exist in reality (OK, in HIS reality)?
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