Posted by alexandra_k on February 9, 2005, at 23:15:54
In reply to Re: quick thought... » alexandra_k, posted by Gabbi-x-2 on February 9, 2005, at 22:58:09
> > Because reality can be less appealing than fantasy?
> Why does there have to be dichotomy?
The difference between reality and fantasy? Reality is actual (true), fantasy is counter-factual (false)
Sometimes we can spend many hours enjoying certain fantasies...
But that doesn't mean we really want to turn them into realities...>Why the debate?
I just like to argue
I find it helps me learn>Some things ripped apart by analysis dissappear entirely
Yes. Sometimes if we look at something hard enough, or in a certain way then distinctions can be seen to dissolve. The mind / matter distinction is a bit like that...
>and reality is subjective.
Not sure what you mean by that.
Some truths are relative.
If I say 'I am hungry' and you say 'I am hungry'
Then it can be false for you and true for me.
But if we say alexandra_k is hungry (at a single moment in time) then it would seem that either she is or she isn't and there is a fact of the matter that we either grasp or fail to grasp.
Reality isn't just beliefs
Because beliefs can be false.We could say reality is inter-subjective...
That reality is the sum total of everybodies experiences of the world.
Scientists make careful observations
and thats why they are authoratative...
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