14th April 2010, 8:29 PM
There are some books that I have been meaning to read on the nature of reality. The only that I have been most interested in is called the My Big TOE series. Here's a link to the book:
http://www.amazon.com/My-Big-TOE-Complet...603&sr=8-1
Here's another book that I want to read:
http://www.amazon.com/Universe-Solved-Ji...712&sr=1-1
An expensive little shit.
The book covers everything--God, reality, the nature of humanity. It looks incredible. The problem is that I have too much reading to do regarding things like the Constitution.
Let me give you my take based on what I've heard so far. Senses, as we all know, are nothing more than the mechanics that give us the ability to perceive our world. The question that I have come across is this: how do we know that what we are perceiving is actually what it is? Take colors, for example. I always hear a lot of people say that things have colors because that's the way they are. The truth, however, is that things have color because that's the way we perceive them. Colors are nothing more than a part of perception. The word "color" is defined when light reflects off an object and is interpreted by our eyes. Don't believe me? Go into your room, close the door, and turn off the lights. You don't see any colors. You may be able to tell people what colors the objects are by touching them, but you don't know if those colors really exist.
The correlation between color and reality can be applied to cultures as well. When I took Anthropology 101, one thing that I learned is that cultures have different ways of perceiving colors. What be blue to us is green to others.
http://www.amazon.com/My-Big-TOE-Complet...603&sr=8-1
Here's another book that I want to read:
http://www.amazon.com/Universe-Solved-Ji...712&sr=1-1
An expensive little shit.
The book covers everything--God, reality, the nature of humanity. It looks incredible. The problem is that I have too much reading to do regarding things like the Constitution.
Let me give you my take based on what I've heard so far. Senses, as we all know, are nothing more than the mechanics that give us the ability to perceive our world. The question that I have come across is this: how do we know that what we are perceiving is actually what it is? Take colors, for example. I always hear a lot of people say that things have colors because that's the way they are. The truth, however, is that things have color because that's the way we perceive them. Colors are nothing more than a part of perception. The word "color" is defined when light reflects off an object and is interpreted by our eyes. Don't believe me? Go into your room, close the door, and turn off the lights. You don't see any colors. You may be able to tell people what colors the objects are by touching them, but you don't know if those colors really exist.
The correlation between color and reality can be applied to cultures as well. When I took Anthropology 101, one thing that I learned is that cultures have different ways of perceiving colors. What be blue to us is green to others.