[ExI] perception is reality - examples

[William Flynn Wallace]

The point:  you cannot predict from the physical dimensions of the Necker
cube that it will create the reversals and 3D effect you see.  bill w

On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 12:20 PM Brent Allsop via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>
> How does it not??  Our knowledge of the necker cube, drawn on a flat piece
> of paper, can switch back and forth between 2 different 3D representations.
> It is critically important to distinguish between reality and
> knowledge of reality
> <https://canonizer.com/videos/consciousness/?chapter=differentiate_reality_knowledge>
> .
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 10:34 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> The physical properties of the Necker cube do not explain the perceptions
>> we get from it. https://www.google.com/search?   bill w
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 3:24 PM Dave S via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>>> On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 3:59 PM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
>>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Much of our experience consists of realities that we create.  Think of
>>>> tastes:  music, food, fashion.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You're talking about opinions, not physical properties like mass,
>>> location, velocity, color, density, etc. Physical properties aren't
>>> dependent upon perception. A million people could say that an object weighs
>>> 1 pound, but that doesn't affect the actual weight of the object.
>>>
>>> -Dave
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