Thoughts about the life... what's real what isn't?
I went through a 'philosophical hill' with my friend.
We talked about our aims of life.
We both wanted to succeed, we said, we wanted to be famous journalists, travel, write a book, have a huge house and great car.
After reaching our career satisfaction we would settle and have children.
How much of that what we said do you think was real?
How much is only going to be a part of our dreams or imagination?
'Dogs can hear things that we can’t hear... cats can see the real colour of the grass and dolphins can see/sense the baby in the human's womb'...animal's perception differs from humans but that does not mean that we should wonder which one is real and which is wrong.
Does real equal something that we can prove?
'We experience time or gravity' as Chris wrote 'we can measure these things and perceive them but not envisage them as dimensions within the perceived universe'...
People who 'suffer' of Delusions see things that do not exist for others, their senses perceive things and they react on them... 'we' universally called them as 'unreal' but for people who see them, they are it's their reality that we don't understand.
I think that reality depends on our believes and paradoxically believes cannot be proven.
Faith cannot be explained nor measured- it exists and we know it but can’t prove it.
Even when a scientists proves something with a logical and medical explanation it all had to be based on belief that their methods were the ‘right’ ones to be used.
Science aims to find the 'most universal' explanation for things to then call things and define- what makes it easier to understand and identify.
There are still many unexplained things in the world and whole universe, not proven and not yet perceived by a human being. I think that the answer is to stay open for everything that life brings and allow yourself for thinking that things are real as long as you believe in it without necessary proving it.
Winchester University Journalism Course People and Politics, A-Priori task, What is real?
