In some ways, objective and subjective melt. I assume you mean knowing
ourselves in relation to our society- is that right? We can do very
little about some very important circumstances but simply must live it
out. We have 70-100 years... :-)

On Jun 1, 10:01 pm, Chuck Bowling <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:35 PM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Well, there are other criteria to judge what is real, for instance:
> > magical realism, augmented reality, various distortions or visions,
> > etc. Is reality measured in physical or mental terms?
>
> I prefer to think in terms of subjective and objective realities. Subjective
> being how an individual builds and interprets his internal model of reality.
> Objective being the commonalities that most people agree on.
>
> IMO objective reality is the one that is most relevant to humanity in
> general. Subjective reality is unique to each individual with no two being
> exactly the same.
>
> Why does reality
>
> > need a scientific/logical or spiritual definition if it actually
> > exists unless the senses are judged to be faulty?
>
> I would guess that goes to human curiosity and our desire to know more about
> ourselves. Without a through understanding how can we know where objective
> and subjective reality differ?

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