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What you're seeing is the contrast.

People whose reality is so different to yours (and the reality of most of people that you respect) that it appears clearly wrong & invalid.

Don't mistake that as being proof of an objective reality though.

I know it's unsettling, but the existence of an objective reality is an illusion. It is Maya.

Everyone's reality is unique & is constantly shifting & changing. Most people allow their reality to bend to what they believe others perceive.

Think about it. Everything we know to be true has been perceived by our senses & then translated into this thing we call reality. We both share a superficial reality. We can interact peacefully & civally without getting emotional or resorting to violence. Our realities align but they are never exactly the same. We both hear, see & think differently when exposed to the same stimulus. We can reach a shared understanding in order to exchange value. These other people hold such a divergent reality that it is near impossible to exchange value with them. I find it difficult to even be in the presence. Their reality is incompatible with my reality. I don't try to shift their reality though, I usually just avoid interacting with them.

You believe in the idea of an objective reality.

I believe that reality is a divine play of illusion. That none of this is real. It took me many years to accept this & I'm not judging you for believing different.

Neither one of us can decisively prove that the other is wrong. It is a purely a matter of belief, whether you believe it or not.

I'm not sure of what use it is to believe in "a divine play of illusion" or how you even define such a thing. But you cannot build cars & airplanes & skyscrapers in a subjective world. Again, our inability to perfectly determine every detail of our objective reality doesn't make it any less objective.

I do agree that the divide between perspectives is a primary source of social conflict, & people could be divided & both be equally wrong, but the feelings of helplessness & anxiousness when it comes to interacting with the world is a good sign that you are wrong.

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The danger in believing in an objective reality is that it limits you.

It limits what you perceive as well was what you believe you can achieve. It limits your creativity by limiting what you believe is possible.

You can still build an aeroplane without believing in an objective reality. The guys who first built a plane were told that it was impossible.

That was my point. Along the way I confused this point with other concepts you're clearly not ready for yet. I'm sorry that I did that.

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