How do you precieve the world?

I thought a couple intresting questions were asked today in class

1) How do you know that this is real life and not just a dream?

2) Can we be certian of anything? If so, what?

Now there are different views on both of these questions. The easiest answers would be well this is not a dream because I am not sleeping and yes we can be certian about many things. But think of the other side of things, explain what makes this real world different from a dream. And how do you know if you are certian of anything, maybe what you precieve is all learned but is actually something else?

So I would like to know...what do you think?

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Rae M. Feb 22, 2011, 4:22pm UTC

I have asked myself these questions many a time. Honestly I don't really know.

Kady L Feb 22, 2011, 4:25pm UTC

Something intresting to think about isnt it

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sharon g. Feb 22, 2011, 4:35pm UTC

I am certain that I am not certain of anything!

Kady L Feb 22, 2011, 5:07pm UTC

i like that!

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Laurence Northcote Feb 22, 2011, 4:39pm UTC

I think all the time about the consequences of our acts, of the acts of our governments. Reading newspapers, watching TV, thinking of what it has been said before sleeping, the night, sometimes, with intuition, gives solutions. But who may believe in that? Just an example: in 2006 I said to the Scottish Chamber of Commerce that I see a deep crisis... they denied even with the proves...

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DIANE D. Feb 22, 2011, 5:03pm UTC

Life is what you make it.

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amy bryant Feb 22, 2011, 5:21pm UTC

Concepts that I think about daily. It goes along with the secret of life and the debate of an afterlife and what they both are like.

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Tami G. Feb 22, 2011, 7:11pm UTC

I know this is real life because of the uncertainty everyday. Dreams I sometimes don't remember the who & what but with life I know who & what just sometimes not why.

The one thing I am certain of is my family & the love we share. I also know that if we live life the way we should that things will be ok. I have no proof of this but if you sit and figure out the struggles that you have had to handle...there was always a lesson learned so I feel that is why we have ups & downs in our lives. No one is out to get us they are only out to make a point so we live life the right way.

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Len Maxwell Feb 22, 2011, 7:39pm UTC

1) I know this isn't a dream because I just spent three hours digging a hole in the front yard and I have a bunch of sore muscles. I never hurt in a dream. Q.E.D. this is not a dream.

2) Yes. I am absolutely, positively, one hundred percent certain that I'm going to be aching in the morning.

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MrsRoadRunner . Feb 23, 2011, 12:58pm UTC

HAHA, good one!!
We all see things how we see them through experiences, and how we are. When two people are alike is when friction happens. This is how I look at things. If someone has a problem with me, or I have a problem with them I see it as we are to much alike. Friction.
Triggers of experiences in our life pop up and show it's ugly head and this dictates our next move, good or bad.
People tent to move in a circle, doing the same things over and over and over. This is the pattern I see in myself and others. Sidestepping is scary, but something all of us must do once in a while to get out of that circle we find ourselves in......

This is all a dream and we will wake up soon HAHA ;0)

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Thomas Millington Feb 23, 2011, 3:12pm UTC

Let us pretend for a moment that an unborn fetus in the womb of its mother were capable of understanding and answering these two questions. What would it say in response? Whatever it might think or believe is exactly what we in this life might think or believe.

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