AM I RIGHT?

Posted by Gary on Nov 21, 2008 in Brain Evolution | 0 comments

THE MOST COMPLEX OBJECT IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE

“Humans have no access to reality outside themselves. You are physically engineered to filter experience through your nervous systems, and reconstruct it in your brains, as with most sentient beings.”

“Well then, what are we? The people I know. What are they?”

What is reality? What if reality is a chimera? What if Einstein’s concept of there being no privileged frame of reference applies to our experience of life. In short none of us have a privileged point of view. With an underlying real experience that anyone can assert is theirs, we get a world full of people hell-bent on imposing their reality on others. That’s the way things are now and have been for some time.

If I am right, truly knowing what is going on, and you don’t, I would be hard put to respect your point of view.

Objectivity is a myth. I am certain there is an underlying reality, but no one experiences it directly. Religious faith must ultimately boil down to the fact that God provided you with a privileged frame of reference that need not be investigated or even questioned. The faithful are in direct contact with the truth and God. A very dangerous place for the rest of us considering the faithful cannot be held responsible for their beliefs. They are unable to respond to their own beliefs, they must simply believe because it is true.

What do you think?