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What is reality?

Submitted by emilie on Mon, 04/09/2007 - 1:53pm.

The dictionary defines reality as something that is in a state of being actual or true. However, from what we have discussed so far, it seems that everyone's reality is different due to perception and the differences in our brains.

I do believe that reality is different for everyone. If we all lived in the same reality, we would be a very mundane society. Differences in reality lead to creative thoughts or destructive thoughts or innovative thoughts, etc.

Disability, in my opinion, is when someone has a diminished quailty of life. However, a diminished quality of life in one person's reality may be quite different than that of another person's reality. For example, someone who is deaf may be considered to have a diminshed quality of life in a non-deaf person's opinion, but in the deaf person's opinion, they may be very happy and thriving.

So in reality, there is no definitive reality. This matter is purely subjective.

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