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Originally Posted by Dolazy  Howdy Stephen!
I agree with you that it's dangerous to just live happily assuming reality is completely subjective. From what you write I get that you believe reality to be objective?
Thanks also for your insights of veganism.
Concerning my true question I feel I still haven't received an answer. Some suggest that reality is subjective, but that certain beliefs are so deeply rooted that they can be considered as objective physical reality. For me that's fine. But it means that they are still subjective and CAN be altered, it just takes a little more time. So from this I assume the answer must be YES. It IS possible to raise your awareness to such a level where even animals stop eating each other.
Or is there some flaw in my reasoning?
Francis |
Maybe not a flaw in your argument, but perhaps we have stumbled upon a paradox.
One one hand, the brainwashed Winston Smith in
1984, subjectively believes that 2 + 2 = 5 even though we know objectively that 2 + 2 = 4.
But on the other hand, Winstons reality really is different from ours, regardless of how flawed his reasoning is according to the laws of mathematics.
There is no middle ground in cases like this, and it might be a case where a large pinch of salt is required when next we go to bite on our subjective sandwich!
To make the paradoxical point firmer, think how baffling it is to realise that 1 = 0.9999999 infinite.
Just divide 1 by 3 as a fraction then decimilise one third of the fraction then try and multiply back again!
