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Originally Posted by justin  Here's a thought: what about those times when you're "pleasantly surprised" at the outcome of something? For instance, you weren't planning on having a good time at your company Christmas party, but you did. I think of those times as flaws in the IM system. I doubt anyone here thinks that intending something to happen is a surefire way to make it happen every single time without doubt. But in the case of the party, you intended--before ever going to the party--to have a bad time, yet you showed up and had a good time.
Were you subconsciously intending to have a good time? Doubtful. Was it a flaw in the IM system? Perhaps. |
Good point. What about when people are intending excellent relationships, then find out their partner is cheating?
Also, what about when people get cancer or are invovled in serious accidents. Surely they weren't intending that?
Another problem with subjective reality is that it is impossible to comprehend something that you have never experienced before (note experience means first hand as well as second hand, i.e. hearing about the experiences of others). It is only by experience that we learn about things. For example, we needed our parents to teach us how to talk. If reality was subjective then you are saying we intended our parents to teach us speech, yet we didn't even know speech existed.
Reality has to be objective, since thoughts beyond our experiences are incomprehensible.