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Are you an Idealist or a Materialist?
Idealists
Some idealists (subjective idealists) hold the view that there isn't one particular way things are, but rather that each person's personal reality is unique. Such idealists have the world view which says that we each create our own reality, and while most people may be in general agreement (consensus) about what reality is like, they might live in a different (or nonconsensus) reality.Materialists
Materialists may not accept the idea of there being different possible realities for different people, rather than different beliefs about one reality. So for them only the first usage of the term reality would make sense. To them, someone believing otherwise, where the facts have been properly established, might be considered delusional- https://i.imgur.com/…Gnash
- Onanist checking in.Nairn
- Robert anton wilson refers to these realities as “reality tunnels”. They’re formed by our experiences and we rarely “see” outside our own tunnelsscarabin
- For me it’s a mix of both. I’m aware of my tunnel and try to break out as often as possible for kicksscarabin
- A blind man feels an elephant’s tail and in his world it’s a snakescarabin
- Feel as much of it as you can and focus less on what others are “seeing”scarabin
- Interesting. I'll spend this weekend reading R. A Winston.Beeswax
- Robert Anton Wilson is great...check out the Illuminatus trilogyyuekit
- The first view is interesting but does anyone actually believe that? I would say more like people have a different experience of reality, which isn'tyuekit
- actually different but you perceive things differently.yuekit