SO MY QUESTION IS have you ever dealt with a person who believes an event happened totally opposite from what you perceived and who do you think was right and why?
2006-09-09 16:49:58 · 14 answers · asked by seniorcaredallas@yahoo.com 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
yes, and neither was probably correct. in order to see the "truth" of a situation, you must have no input from any personal conditioning, projections, preconceptions. prejudices, etc. only a true "master" has a mind "clear enough" to witness an event and perceive its' actuality, i think. the rest of us are mired in illusion and delusion almost all of the time, more likely than not. ;-)
2006-09-09 16:59:27 · answer #1 · answered by drakke1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ANYTHING that we see and experience in life is only a reflection or portion of a greater "idea" of that thing.
Your computer monitor for example, is not actually square in itself, but that it simply shares in the "idea" of square-ness. This quality of what is square is shared by any other object exhibiting this same characteristic.
However, the property or characteristic of each person’s perception is based within the confines of their “own” shared ideas which may or may not be a common shared view of a given experience with what your perception is on the individual level.
Therefore, argument of which perception is correct is mute. There exists a stalemate of the particular event and its interpretation which neither party involved has exception over the other. Both are correct and true as per the individuals view. In this case the only thing that is an absolute is that such an event was perceived and in fact did take place. Argument of the correct view or perception can not be resolved except in the case of other witnesses and their perceptions of the event that will either re-enforce a commonality of details of the event or introduce a third perception and so forth until a final commonality is arrived at through consensus of all involved.
Have a great day!
2006-09-10 03:12:35 · answer #2 · answered by dn_side_umop 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
>> With some people who cant see beyond themselves?
AHEM! NO ONE CAN SEE BEYOND THEMSELVES SINCE IT'S THEIR PERCEPTION THEY ARE ALWAYS USING!
>> SO MY QUESTION IS have you ever dealt with a person who believes an event happened totally opposite from what you perceived and who do you think was right and why?
BOTH ARE RIGHT...THAT'S CALLED PERCEPTION.
2006-09-10 09:19:14 · answer #3 · answered by flignar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG!!!!! YESSSSSSS Of course I feel right and cannot believe they were in the same room, however looking back I just choose to believe that they were motivated by the devil, ( jus kidding, kinda). Maybe perceptions are created just because we each have so many variable inputs from many sources!? Our emotions, or lack of, education, experiences, and all differing in regard to how we each perceive these things. WOW, this was a good question!!!!!!! There have been times tho that my mind was changed and that I opened someone else's view, so that's a good thing right?
2006-09-10 00:12:58 · answer #4 · answered by pappiliongoddess70578 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is something called narcissistic personality disorder that has this type of strange delusion. They lie about who they are to a point where they perceive themselves through those that believe their lies. It can be very frustration for those around them. (An atheist? That answer seemed pretty off the mark.)
2006-09-10 00:07:10 · answer #5 · answered by Sketch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It only stands to reason if my perception of an event is different than someone elses then they must be wrong or looking at it from a different perspective.
2006-09-10 01:19:13 · answer #6 · answered by drg5609 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reality is reality, perception is just how much of that you can process. If I see someone holding flowers when they are actually holding a gun and they shoot me, I get hit by a bullet, not pollen.
2006-09-10 00:03:18 · answer #7 · answered by neil s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure, i've seen this happen hundreds of times. after you think a while you'll realize that unless there are more than the two of you you'll never know. perception is all.(and visualization of course, but that doesn't fit here)
2006-09-10 02:10:34 · answer #8 · answered by sheepherder 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sometimes i wish that i didnt see multiple answers to every question. it would be eaiser to sleep at night. once you accept that perception is reality you forced to acept that everything you belive is wrong, which can be quite unsettling.
2006-09-10 04:46:47 · answer #9 · answered by chris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try to find a common ground.
once you can admit to yourself that maybe you are at least partially wrong then it's more likely they will do they same.
and if they're stubborn and won't budge even after you do, well, if you argue with an idiot so are they.
2006-09-10 02:51:23 · answer #10 · answered by phalsephasod 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋