Post #2012337
2026-05-05 06:35 UTC
@erdstern @bit101 Add to that the fact that nothing is actually happing live/now. By the time we get the data, process it, and figure out what to do/react, it's in the past.
When I was 6 I realised I was R/G deficient. I wanted to understand it better. So I made 10x swatch charts with 10x crayon colours. I took them to a large family gathering and asked only the adults to describe what colours they saw. I sat and watched the absolute chaos. No two people agreed on more than 4. And the ones I knew were R/G argued and defended their POV the most vehemently.
That night I lay in bed thinking that each of us had an individual world that we inhabited and only luck got us to agree on anything being a shared reality.
All these years later... I have yet to see any proof that oppose that POV.
Culture, time period, body mechanics, personal processing, all insure that no two humans can ever have the same POV on anything.
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@erdstern@nrw.social 2026-05-05 07:10
@retech @bit101 Yes. 💔 Somewhat depressing, isn’t it? And why do we believe it all so vehemently? Because we *feel* right. Feelings make us believe. This is why conversations quickly become heated and irrational. We’re in love with our feelings. 1/2