Reality is Subjective

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“Remember, we all live in separate realities, and that’s a really a very important thing to remember because you can listen to whatever a friend is saying to you, not what you think, but what they think and then you start listening to what people really say. You’ll be very very surprised at the beauty that lies behind the word, what they are trying to convey”. — Sydney Banks, Separate Realities Video

“But everyone thinks that.”

“Are you sure”?, I said. “Everyone”?

My dog looks out of eyes that seem to be like mine and yet he does not see what I see. His colors are muted, less vibrant, so they say. How then, do I know, that what I am looking at is true? Why would I think that it is?

What I see is a function of what my brain creates. And yet, do I assume that it is real? That when I look out of my eyes what I see is reality?

Because it is not.

Of course, there is a chair there or a tree or a house. But what shapes the details? What shapes my experience of an observation?