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Ask any astronaut whether what he is sensing in space is objective reality or subjective reality.

Krishna: A person asked me this question sometime back:

Why does our thinking differ so much? We are from the same country, region, religion, and culture. I think we are supposed to be influenced by them and have a similar approach to the world.

And this 's my answer:

Subjective reality refers to the individual's personal perception and interpretation of the world, influenced by their unique personal experiences, emotions, beliefs, and biases.

These need not be facts, and can be just your biased opinions, beliefs and perceptions shaped by the world around you.

And you think as we have so many things in common, we should have the same perception of the world.

But, no, my world is completely different from yours!

Because I came out of the conditioning of the mind and all those influences that can screw my thought process!

My world is shaped by objective reality.

Objective reality exists independently of individual consciousness or perception. It refers to evidence based facts, physical objects, and events that can be verified and agreed upon by multiple observers.

Objective reality is about evidence based facts, while subjective reality is about individual experiences, interpretations and personal perspectives.

I live in the genuine reality while you live in an imaginary reality.

How can we have the same perception about the world when our ways of thinking are so different?

And sometimes actually you perceive using your senses reality is not actual reality. You have to sometimes use instruments to see reality as it is like science does!

Perception of living beings is less than what the actual information in the universe is!

Some people say that there isn’t any objective reality.

Evolutionary biologist and author Richard Dawkins argues:

“Science’s trust in objective truth works. Engineering technology based upon the science of objective truth, achieves results. It manages to build planes that get off the ground. It manages to send people to the moon and explore Mars with robotic vehicles on comets. Science works, science produces antibiotics, vaccines that work. So anybody who chooses to say, ‘Oh, there’s no such thing as objective truth. It’s all subjective, it’s all socially constructed.’ Tell that to a doctor, tell that to a space scientist, manifestly science works, and the view that there is no such thing as objective truth doesn’t.”

If a rocket is taking you to space using objective facts, you are not imagining it. You float in space, unlike on Earth, because of micro-gravity, your blood rushes to your head and you feel that heaviness.

Astronauts experience a range of physical and psychological sensations in space, including disorientation, space sickness, and altered senses. While initially feeling nauseous, dizzy, and weak, astronauts adapt to the microgravity environment, experiencing temporary height increase and muscle and bone changes.

There, your experiences of subjective reality are brought by objective reality, and can be measured and evidence turned into facts can be provided using instruments, making them objective again.

Yes, for genuine scientists objective reality is actual reality and it works wonderfully when pursued in the right way.

Ask any astronaut whether what he is sensing in space is objective reality or subjective reality.

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