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Re: Radiophobia wins again
> One's perception for an individual is their reality. I agree that
> perception and reality are not synonymous, but, the person believes
> what he/she perceives, and for them, that is truly reality, right or
> wrong.
"Their reality" and "reality". I hope the difference is evident.
Right or wrong reality... which is the right one - the one in
which the blind man hits the tree or his reality?
Dimiter
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> From: "Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>
> To: Dimiter Popoff <tgi@cit.bg>, radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu,
> william V Lipton <liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM>
> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 09:01:51 -0800
> Subject: Re: Radiophobia wins again
>
> > > Like it or not, perception is reality.
> >
> > are you sure you don't mean "perception is important" or
> > something like that?
> >
> > "Perception is reality" is nonsense, as has been explained more
> > than once.
>
> One's perception for an individual is their reality. I agree that
> perception and reality are not synonymous, but, the person believes
> what he/she perceives, and for them, that is truly reality, right or
> wrong.
>
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>> To: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>
>> From: Dimiter Popoff <tgi@cit.bg>
>> Subject: Re: Radiophobia wins again
>> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 18:15:51 +0200
>>
>> Bill Lipton,
>>
>> > Like it or not, perception is reality.
>>
>> are you sure you don't mean "perception is important" or
>> something like that?
>>
>> "Perception is reality" is nonsense, as has been explained more
>> than once.
>>
>> Here is what my Oxford dictionary says:
>>
>> perceive - become aware of by one of senses; apprehend; understand.
>> perception - act or faculty of perceiving.
>>
>> Now since it is easy enough to understand that, say, if you
>> are blind and don't see the tree in your way this does not mean
>> you will not hit it, it might well be that you are using some language
>> variation which I fail to grasp.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dimiter
>>
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>> Dimiter Popoff
>> Transgalactic Instruments, Gourko Str. 25 b, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
>> http://transgalactic.freeyellow.com
>> Phone: 00359/2/9923340
>>
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