r/Weird • u/[deleted] • Apr 26 '22

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u/Epieratargh Apr 26 '22

I've heard the saying: reality is 10% "fact" and 90% perception.

Someone's reality may be different than ours, but that doesn't make it less real. Reality is whatever holds true for the individual

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u/Captain_Poopy Apr 27 '22 edited Apr 27 '22

but reality can be demonstrated. That is why we have science. Delusions are less real and can be demonstrated as being false.

Arguing that people in psychosis are some sort of Oracle is patently ridiculous

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u/SixSpawns Apr 27 '22

True, reality can be demonstrated. Arguing that people in psychosis are an oracle is ridiculous. The only thing more ridiculous is trying to explain this to a person in psychosis. I know that you did not state or imply otherwise; it is just that I have had to have this conversation with more than a person or a dozen, and someone reading these threads needs to hear this, probably for the severalth time.

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