{"id":720,"date":"2025-07-17T09:08:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T09:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safetyjester.com\/?page_id=720"},"modified":"2025-08-08T08:49:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:49:55","slug":"what-is-reality","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/safetyjester.com\/?page_id=720","title":{"rendered":"What is Reality?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It is crucial that we keep on talking about our intended, expected, experienced and observed realities. We must continue giving meaning to our own realities. Shared realities keep us connected, and support our safety and our resilience. We must keep our campfires alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reality is that which continues to exist, whether you believe in it or not. <\/em><\/strong>(Paraphrased Philip K. Dick).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Everyday Common-Sense view<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a common sense, daily operational view, reality is everything that exists, regardless of whether we are aware of it of believe it. This includes physical objects, people, places, events\u2014anything you can touch, see, hear, or measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientific view<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From a scientific point of view, reality is what can be objectively observed, measured, and tested. Science often tries to describe the underlying nature of physical reality. But science also tells us our perceptions can be misleading: what we see or feel isn’t always a direct reflection of what’s really out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our perceptions can be misleading. What we see or feel isn’t always a direct reflection of what’s really out there.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Subjective view<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reality can also be what you personally experience is. Emotions, thoughts, dreams, and perceptions are “real” to you, even if they don\u2019t correspond to something physical or external. This subjective reality can differ from person to person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philosophical view<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philosophers have wrestled with the nature of reality for centuries. A few notable views:<\/p>\n\n\n\n