Comment by Simon on the Sofa on February 23, 2011 at 8:56pm

Very nice Reese, more direction to the ability of letting go of what we think is real and accepting we dont know anything. At the point of not knowing there just may be an incling of knowing awareness. But who knows, thats subjective also!

Comment by Lector Twist on February 23, 2011 at 9:25pm

That's cool, man. But what's with da voice, reese?! The intonation. It suited the Athene's "Theory Of Everything", it suits documentary. But for the vLog it's too nerdy, dont ya think? :) 
P.S. well yeah, sometimes it's hard to break a persons paradigm. Some people think that they are the center of the universe and u cant do a thing about it; well... bad for them, they're just permanent-retarded.

Comment by Reese Leysen on February 23, 2011 at 9:48pm

That voice sounds sexy as hell in my reality, Lector. Sexy as hell. Too bad your brain's wired differently, you're missing out.

Comment by Daniel Cherry on February 23, 2011 at 10:18pm

I would like to see a video about ptsd.I could do without ever seeing a BP add ever again..dan

Comment by Dan "topbob" on February 23, 2011 at 10:27pm

your American accent is getting spot-on

oh yeah, the vid was awesome too

Comment by simon van veen on February 23, 2011 at 10:57pm

Very provoking and progressive thoughts. I feel that this is so fundamental, since if people could get over their ego dynamics, it would have such a positive impact on our society. GUYS, SKIP THE EGO, USE YOUR BRAINS AND ADD YOURSELF TO YOUR ENVIRONMENT.

also in my reality the voice sounds kind of pseudo ;) anyway no offence. like the content!

Comment by ThereAreNoSides on February 23, 2011 at 11:30pm

Totally agree, accepting that most things are subjective really disarms the conflict which often centers around "being right".  Of course, when say, two people debate that THEIR subjective interpretation is the "right" one, the limiting assumption is that there can only be one. It is quite possible that there might be several "right" possibilities, relating to different viewpoints and contexts.  

 

That sounds really...

 

I know what I mean. lol

Comment by Reese Leysen on February 24, 2011 at 11:48am

It's not what inspired me but I love Kant's approach and how he separates the noumenon from the phenomenon.

Comment by Der Durst on February 24, 2011 at 12:47pm

The term of reality (at least as I constructed it for myself) does NOT mean, that two subjects perceive the SAME, but that they perceive the same in a relative way.

 

For (a color-)example: If you and I see the color of a ball and we two say to each other: "The ball is red", it is irrelevant if "red" is the same for you as it is for me. The only condition is: EVERY TIME we see the ball that is red for you and me, we say: "It is red". This can be seen as a real attribute of this ball. This is the way we conceptualize our world. And this is, e.g., why so many cases of Achromatopsia don't become so salient in our everydays interactions.

 

Maybe this is the same what you meant, Reese, but this doesn't mean there is no reality, but that there is some kind of "human-perceived" reality as the minimum intersection of our subjective excietences (somewhere here lies the power of language and speech).

Comment by Dariusz on February 24, 2011 at 2:29pm

"I guess what’s more incorrect is to believe that your reality, how you perceive, is the only ‘correct’ reality"

 

This is where misconception starts. You have something perfectly correct in mind but you use wrong terms. Perception is not a reality, there is one reality and there are our interpretations, opinions, ways of perceiving. When you talk about those, don't use the word reality, because it creates very, very, very wrong ideas (unless you believe in unprovable solipsism).

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