--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "compost1uk" <compost...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "nelsonriddle2001" <nelsonriddle2001@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" <wgm4u@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > <snippus interruptus> > > > > > It should be obvious to anyone who has spent some > > > > > time here that we do not all live in the same reality. > > > > > The frequency -- and the *vehemence* -- of the never- > > > > > ending arguments about what "Reality" is should clue > > > > > us in to the fact that we are all seeing different > > > > > realities. > > sipp,, > > > > > > Suggesting that this person's reality is Reality > > > is to suggest that there is only *One* Reality. > > > And sorry, but I'm not buyin' that one... > > > > > It would seem that there must be as many realities as there are people > > for no two can have the same view point as in I am shorter than you so you > > have a higher view etc. > > Given that each of us has a different history,nothing will be seen quite > > the same. > > Like the immigration survey in CA- 70 percent said "no es problema > > seriosa. > > > > But Nelson - why does that add up to "many realities"? Why not just > "multiple perspectives on the same, one, reality"? > > If I see you in the distance, I see only one side of you. That doesn't > mean I don't see *you*: It just means my perception is incomplete. > > If, at the same time, someone is gazing at your other side - does that > mean we are blessed with TWO Nelson Riddles? >
I would hope not,, You are right- multiple views of the same reality like the blind men and the elephant- each found the elephant to be, for them, a different discovery. I guess that by definition you could only have one reality but, as we see these days, a lot of people are trying to obscure it.
