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Originally Posted by John Freestone  I suspect that there is an objective reality as well as human thought. |
You could be right. If so, a good definition of objective reality might be as follows:
"An infinitely large field of subatomic particles blinking in and out of existence at rapid speed."
On the other hand, any suspicion you may have is precisely that - a suspicion - which is a subjective thought.
Whatever you think objective reality might be, it is merely a thought, filtered through your own beliefs, conditioning and sensory perceptions etc.
And your sensory perceptions basically aren't terribly trustworthy. You could be right next to a tree, and so could a grasshopper, a snake and a dog. But you, and the grasshopper, and the snake, and the dog would all perceive the tree quite differently. What then is the most objective reality of the tree?
As you stand next to the tree, you may even think that you're standing still next to the tree. Objectively speaking, it's more precise to say that actually you are moving at great space through outer space, as the earth rotates. Just another one of those things which your senses don't really tell you.