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Old 11-05-2006, 01:42 PM
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Im a little sketchy on the idea of a subjective reality, but from what i understand- from what i have learned from Steve's site- If the universe is truly a subjective reality, then you only have to believe something to be true in order for it to be true. But this means that you have to whole heartedly- or rather whole mindedly, believe it. By this thinking, if you have even the slightest belief that eating meat can have a negative effect on your health, then it will. This means that all of the info you have learned about meat eating- including "facts" and statistics about cholesterol, digestion, diseases, etc., would have to be unlearned, so to speak. Subjectively speaking, you cannot beleive, or "know", that eating greasy pork and red meat products causes high cholesterol, energy reducing digestive processes, etc. and also be able to eat these foods without falling victim to those consequences. For me, this would mean erasing all of my knowledge of nutrition, and digestive anatomy ( i may have just made up the term "digestive anatomy" ) and starting over with a fresh, blank brain- like a baby. Now... because i dont believe that to be possible... a subjective reality will not allow me to do it- ugh, what a catch 22 we have on our hands!
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