Monday, October 17, 2016

How reliable are sense and perception?

So as I mentioned before, perception/sense perception is a way of knowledge- meaning that sensing and perceiving things can help us know and understand the things around us.
However there are some downsides to this, as we know that not everything we see is actually there. In addition, we are able to 'see' things without our eyes; we can use our other senses. To prove my point below is a video of a boy who is living his life normally; without any eyes, but he can still 'see'


This is proof that we do not need ALL of our senses to see, smell, hear, feel or taste, we only need some and overtime we will get used to using them efficiently. 
Moreover, our senses can store their own memories, for example a certain smell or taste can remind us of a past event in our life, this means that our senses are not just 'objects we use', they are apart of us and they help us get through our lives, without them we would not be able to do anything at all.

But how RELIABLE are sense and perception?
We can't come to a conclusion when we are stating the reliability of them, as they are quite subjective- everyone sees things differently.


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