The Universe and Bias

[vyo476]

I was just pondering...if the universe is simply how we perceive it, and humans are incapable of removing personal bias, then is the universe itself biased? Our perception defines reality, and our perception, in and of itself, is biased. Nature and physcis and all those other things occur without personal bias; however, since all we know of their

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[anonymous]

The fact of a tree fall is distinct from anyone seeing or hearing it fall. If humans had no ears or eyes would no trees fall? I think not. Which brings me to the analogy of a "sharp knife". You don't have to believe that a knife is sharp for it to cut you. It is quite capable of cutting you regardless of your thoughts on the quality of its edge. Same way with trees. They fall if you think they are falling or not.

[vyo476]

Yes, but how do you know that the tree really fell? How do you know that it was not simply some trick of your perception that caused you to think that the tree fell, whereas it never fell and has always been on the ground? Let's take a look at your knife analogy. The knife cuts me and you see it. I don't percieve the knife to be sharp, for one reason or another, and I don't percieve the cut it causes. You see the knife clearly and see that it does, in fact, cut me, and I begin bleeding. Let's say I even die from blood loss - in your perception. Where is the "reality" in all of that? To me, I'm fine. I percieve myself as being fine. I may be dead, but who knows what type of reality there is beyond life? To the rest of the world, I'm dead and gone, but remember, that is just your perception of the events.

What I'm asking is...at what point does perception end and reality begin?

[anonymous]

Reality never begins.

As said, bias is the way of life. Reality is simply what the masses agree upon, which can change. Reality is no fixation--if it was, then the ancient beliefs of the sun being the center of the universe would still be fact. Perception is the only reality a single being can have.

So there are two types of "reality" then: the big picture and the little picture (how creative...). The little picture is what humans can, have and will see--it is what we perceive. If we cease to exist, when viewing life through the little picture, the universe does. The big picture is a zoomed out version of the little picture--you can see more, and if humans cease to exist, it's just a gap in the big picture--the rest of the universe is still existing the way it always has.

It all depends on what picture you decide to look at, reality is you decide.

-Colleen

[country_boy1]

obviously it FELL. lol the question is that if a tree falls in the middle of the woods and nobody is around to hear it, does it MAKE A SOUND? hah

but yes to all :)