Is our perception of reality distorted?

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Bloodfeast · Accepted Answer

No. This is an example of the media giving us what we want.

We don't want to see her looking old and shitty. They know this. They want us to watch their program and generate ad revenue.

They know that the only way to do that is to give us what we want.

The leftists have brain washed us all into believing that we are merely manipulated by corporations.

That we are basically mindless robots waiting to be programmed.

If only the media didn't program us to be such pieces of shit, we would live in a perfect Utopia by now.

Give me a break. We are seeing what we want to see.

What does it even mean to say is our perception of reality distorted?

This is that leftist bullshit again. Our entire consciousness is nothing but what we are programmed by the society around us.

Therefore, our reality is programmed by media. Our perception of beauty, of values, of needs, all shaped by the greedy capitalist who controls our minds with his media weapons.

Controls the reality that we perceive, and conditions us to be mindless consumers.

I mean come on. Give me a fucking break.

Our perception of reality is just fine. The problem is education. But let's not get into that or I'll have to type a lot more.

SotiCoto · Accepted Answer

That would be a massive understatement, though I'm not sure what the picture has to do with anything.
Objective reality can't be perceived.
Everything we experience with our senses is a limited interpretation of a stream of data, and our idea of existence around us is a compound fabrication based on those interpretations. Plus our memory is a wretched mess which compresses all that data for convenience, often losing large chunks of it in the process. AND it all gets filtered through personal biases and the like.

But none of that is a reason not to try to get as close to objective as possible... or at least I wouldn't regard it so. I've noticed most people are so convinced that their delusions are reality already that they don't even care to refine their views.

Anemone978 · Accepted Answer

Yes that is why no one wants to accept age.. but we all age we can't stop it.. Even I have a hard time accepting I'm getting old, and it scares me.. because I never even enjoyed my youth and beauty because people always made me feel I wasn't..
But now I realize I was actually pretty/cute before but now I am an old lady and it really sucks.. LOL and no body likes old ladies..

Usernamesuck · Accepted Answer

Not really, I’m always surprised when people think edited images are real life 😬 especially when some girls do the waist thinner than head hips as wide as the bendy door look. Lol

madhatters4 · Answer

i mean if we are only talking about reality as it pertains to our understanding of beauty in hollywood, i've long ago stopped believing what i see without wanting confirmation. i frankly just don't care enough about hollywood beauty standards because they are so unrealistic, unattainable, etc

Dargil · Answer

How would I know. I could be 80 and still think I look like him.

bededazzle · Answer

you have asked a fascinating question but one impossible to answer lol. but in the sense that everyone's perception of reality is probably different, everything is distorted.

Joshydavid25 · Answer

The first pic is too perfect, and the second one is bad lighting.. 😂😂.. But probably much close to how JLO really looks.. But yes most definitely.. And we can thank the World Wide Web for that..

Brittanykeen88 · Answer

It's all about perspective. One photo is edited the other up close and unflattering. She still looks good for her fiffties though

rosemilk · Answer

you mean filters, photoshop, plastic surgery, social media? YEAH

OlderAndWiser · Answer

I know what I perceive. If reality is different from my perception, how would I know that?

Filthy_Immigrant · Answer

No, the people who control what we perceive as reality do everything possible to distort it

exitseven · Answer

Drugs like acid and mescaline are making a big comeback so I am not surprised

genericname85 · Answer

it absolutely is by what is shown to us in the media every day. i'd argue many people don't even see what's actually real anymore.

love_conquers_lust · Answer

Perception, perspective, and bias. Probably.

Anonymous · Answer

Most likely but those pictures are about 30 years apart and the lighting is making the one look worse for Jennifer, when her and Ben are together they look the same age usually

DevilsBargain777 · Answer

It's distorted in every single way for the most part fed lies all of our lives the truth is hidden.

robocop666 · Answer

Peter Ralston wrote a book on it. Called "The Book of not Knowing" I must warn you its a brick.

Anonymous · Answer

You could say that. Or you could just say there's good lighting and bad lighting.

CoolCatMar1 · Answer

I get what is what

leahzrc · Answer

reality is not what we see online

NathanDavis · Answer

reality is perception itself... yes

TonyMetal___86 · Answer

She's still waiting for tonight 😂

JamesRandiDebates · Answer

The Wall is undefeated.

Daffotul · Answer

yes a lot

Anonymous · Answer

Yes it is

Joker_ · Answer

not mine

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