What we see and notice is shaped by our experience, knowledge, focus, culture, etc.
We think we see something so clearly, and the longer we see it the truer it seems. When I drive down the road, and I see "telephone poles", that's about all I see, a pole with wires on it. But my husband sees a "utility pole" along with a whole array of stuff such as transformers, electric wires, telephone wires, cable wires, RA's, drops, insulators, steps, cross arms, etc. A person can see a horse and see only it's color or mane and tail; whereas a horseman might see conformation, frame, tack, lameness, whether the horse is happy or not.... a lot more than one dimension. Subjectivism: "Everyone sees things differently... the same fact presented to two people will be interpreted and stored in two different ways. Logic and consensus are the only ways of ascertaining what is real and what isn't; consensus is merely a diplomatic compromise with only logic and reason to back it up. We all experience things differently. The same event is experienced in a different way by everyone and everything that witnesses it. This is because everyone's brain is wired up slightly differently, on account of their genotype and phenotype, upbringing and expectations." So.... how do we speak about things in common? Answer: "We arrive at a reality by consensus. We are all taught to call the sun yellow, no matter what actual shade we see the sun as. We all describe the world in standard ways using our languages, basing our communications on shared understandings of what the words mean. This is because although we experience things differently, we can still communicate ideas to each other. Our communications provide one subjective experiencer with a means of understanding another; even though the invisible behind-the-scenes experiences are subtly different, each re-construes the others' communication according to their own understanding, therefore a consensus forms that both people understand from their own point of view." Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
