Before you call someone an idiot on CD - consider this
the call them an idiot.
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Wait..., what? No!!!
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I just want to say that this totally explains how our perspective determines what we see as "true." People need to understand that what is true for me and what is true for you are not different realities, but an opportunity for us to have a conversation and explore where we are both human. Side: True.
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Certainly perspective can effect perception. Your graphic illustrates that optical perception is a particularly effective way to trick our brains. Truth and perception are not the same thing. The truth is that the shadow on the left does have the shape of a square. If you realize that you are viewing a shadow, yet ignore the possibility of the possible shapes that can generate such a shadow, you are in truth, an idiot. - The true nature of a thing is, however unaffected by your perception if it. If your perception of reality is not accurate, and you don't understand that, you are an idiot. - Take for example the $15.00 min. wage in Seattle. If you percieved that is would raise a significant number of people out of poverty ------- your an idiot. Side: Wait..., what? No!!!
"If your perception of reality is not accurate, and you don't understand that, you are an idiot." You missed the point. Perception is limited. There is no way to absolutely perceive reality from all perspectives. The two planes are orthogonal; they are unable to perceive the reality of the other. This illustrates the point of limited perspectives. If you believe your perception of reality can be accurate, you are an idiot. Side: True.
What about if we say that there is no such thing as an absolute truth? If we agree with that assertion, then the statement itself is an absolute truth. So, following that logic we have to accept that there is such a thing as an absolute truth which automatically renders that all opposing arguments are wrong. Side: Wait..., what? No!!!
I think it is more likely that we are incapable of grasping absolute truths perfectly, and that critical reasoning can help us to more closely approach that truth than can uncritical belief. I would suggest that idiocy would then be denying what is more likely proximate to the truth in preference for unfounded, uncritical belief systems. I would note also that I think there are some things, predominantly subjective constructs, which do not have an absolute truth because they are purely subjective and detached from physical reality. Side: True.
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