Posted: Jan 27, 2020 3:26 pm
GrahamH wrote:Destroyer wrote:I think that it is safe to say that the OP has lead to a bit of confusion. It is easy to see why Hermit, GrahamH, and possibly others, are interpreting the OP in the way that they are. Asking for what seems real to the individual to be accepted, can indeed be like a red flag to a bull, with different connotations. However, where the OP is concerned it is simply asking for us to accept, that as far as the individual is concerned it is real for them, not that we accept their reality, which is how it is being interpreted by Hermit, GrahamH etc.
Why would anyone ask anyone else to accept that what seems real to someone seems real to them? It's a tautology of no value.
The Op text isn't ambiguous on this point:NoemaNovel wrote:
Since everyone perceives everything in their mind, “reality” can only ever be what our minds make it, so that what seems real to us is real.
If it seems real it is real.
I see the temptation to interpret that to mean "is real to them" but that is just a synonym for "seems real"
I think the simple straightforward reading the right one. It's an appeal to accept other realities.
The OP is asking if we think that the world would be a more tolerant place if people just accepted that others are being genuine in their reported experiences, regardless of how misguided they may be.