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Originally posted by marichiko
Yes, exactly the point I was trying to make in my earlier post (I, too, get scared when I find myself in agreement with Radar). The question of reality versus perception, unfortunately or not, is not one best left to college sophmores who have all had a few brews. We base our actions as a people, as a culture, as a country, as a government on what we percieve reality to be. Seldom do decision makers, whether individuals or governments, admit that their actions are based on a percieved truth which may be flawed, rather than on the actual REAL truth.
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So, is there a difference between reality and truth? To me, truth is more dependent on perception than reality is, because two different perceptions of a single instance of "reality" can be equally true.
To mangle Radar's example: ask the concertgoers "Who played?". One will say "the person with the brown hair" while another will say "the person in the green shirt". Both are true, but there is only one reality.
