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Originally Posted by Paul11
Within social sciences, there's the notion that observations are always clouded by ones psychological make-up. Therefore, even the most astute observer who has lived in Japan is bound to see Japan through the emotional/mental filters that cloud the eyes.
We are humans with a set of senses with which to experience the environment, to process the stimuli. The world is not what we see, only experienced the way our senses allow. A tree in the woods does not make a sound if no one os there because sound is a phenomena of ears attatched to a brain.
When in Japan we see what our brains allow us to see. So we are all of distorted views about Japan.
Yaaaay!
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Boo.
I knew somone was going to give that answer.
That argument is too easy. It's harder comprehend when you consider that, in order for information to be distorted, real information has to be obtained.
Which means, somewhere in the process of producing illusions, we are aware of the truth.
... Perhaps it would be somehow logical to say that we rely on our senses in the wrong way.