Dear Banjo,

Just to jog some memories:

http://theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/31/gorbachev-and-reagan-the-capitalist-and-communist-who-helped-end-the-cold-war

Dear Banjo,

And then there's :

http://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/deaths-head-putin-gazes-into-the-inferno-and-the-russian-embassy.a446984/

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Dear Indyvidual,

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You wrote :

« Almost everyone is capable of perceiving but only few perceive correctly ! »
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I guess almost everyone is capable of perceiving something, Indyvidual, but I don’t know what you qualify as “correct”.

Whatever it is, I see by her comments, that Foxy has “correctly” understood what I was referring to when I indicated in my last post :

“While I am conscious of the fact that we do not have access to all reality, I do my best to avoid projecting my ideas, ideals and beliefs onto whatever fragment of reality I am capable of perceiving with the “tools” nature has equipped me [with]”.

What I was referring to was the fact, for example, that some animals can detect forms of energy invisible to us, like magnetic and electrical fields. Others see light and hear sounds well outside the range of human perception, etc.

Bats can “see” without light. We can’t. Arctic reindeer can see ultraviolet light. We can’t. Elephants communicate over long distances with infrasonic sounds. We can’t. Many birds like the zebra finch can see extra colours that we can’t see. Birds can fly to great heights and see over the horizon. We can’t. A snailfish lives about 8.5 km at the bottom of the ocean. We can’t. Octopuses have 9 brains. We only have one. Only half of a whale’s brain sleeps at a time. Our whole brain sleeps each time. African elephants have a sense of smell five times that of humans and more than twice that of dogs, etc.

Our perception of reality is limited. There is much that escapes us.

Nature seems to have attributed us with a fairly wide range of sensors and receptors that are just powerful enough to keep us out of trouble.

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Dear Banjo,

Thank you.

but I don’t know what you qualify as “correct”.
Banjo Paterson,
I mean correct as in factual & not as in idealism & bias distorted perception !

Indyvidual,

Recognizing the difference between an opinion and a fact
is crucial to maintaining intellectual honesty in
discussions and debates.

While opinions are valid in expressing personal perspectives,
they should not be presented as factual information without
proper evidence.

Cheers.