From What I See

Topic: Perception


The world is full of different people, so everybody is going to have a different view or perception on how things are. I really don’t see how Gorgias and Socrates both said that objective perception is both impossible and very unlikely. If you have any kind of thought process going on, then you have a perception on things. Whether it be objective or subjective, or whatever the case may be. I must say, I agree with Socrates though. He was right when he said that only when we can know ourselves and where we are most likely to distort data, only then can we be able to tell what is the truth and what is a lie. I believe that goes along with the saying, “Don’t believe everything you hear”. If you believe everything you hear, then you can’t tell what is the truth and what is a lie, like Socrates was saying.
I believe that subjectivies, biases, prejudices are all the same thing in a way. The definions for all three of those words talk about one’s opinion on things, whether it be good or bad. Some of mine are, say take for example, if I see someone walking down the street who happens to be wearing all black. I tend to think that they are all suicidal and everything, even though that may not always be the case. Some of my tastes are say, a good movies that touches your heart, and also having a good close friend, just to name a few. What one may have as tastes, can also define who they are as a person. Somewhat like a window into there soul.
All four of those words both have the greatest possibility distorting ones perception on things. Someone who is racist has a such a great distortion of perception against the black community, it is truly sad. It could for, take for example, just one bad run in with a black person and it throws off there whole perception of black people. It is sad to see that some place are like that. Someone who has a certain taste for things also has a distorted perception on trying things new.