Our perception of an object (or a situation) depends upon our knowledge of that object (or that situation) and how it relates to our experiences.
There were two schools of thought regarding the roles of the brain vs. the heart in defining human nature. Plato believed that the rational part of our soul resided in the brain, while the courageous nature of humans was dictated by the heart. Aristotle believed that it was the heart that controlled all our feelings, thought processes and actions. This sounds silly to us now, but thousands of years ago, the only information available about physiology was that which was readily perceived by direct observation. Imagine presenting someone who had no knowledge of insects with a green, hairy caterpillar. The person would be able to describe its physical characteristics, perhaps have an emotional reaction to it only because he has experience with the color green, with hair, and with the emotions that creepy crawling things elicit. Since he knows nothing about the life cycle of caterpillars, his knowledge is limited to what is directly observable. However, someone familiar with caterpillars would see beyond the directly observable and would wonder what kind of moth or butterfly it would become.
Perception is everything, reality is nothing.
In this sense, the human perception of an object is bound to subjective interpretation and expectation.
The scientific method was developed to exactly correct this natural (evolutionary) bias (survival function) of human psychology.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3lh0kz/is_it_true_that_when_the_indians_saw_ships_for/
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/myth-of-the-invisible-ships/Content?oid=2129921
https://www.facinghistory.org/holocaust-and-human-behavior/chapter-2/first-encounters-americas
https://owlcation.com/humanities/When-the-Native-American-Indians-first-met-the-European-Settlers
We see only what we know--What is your opinion about it?
Above statement is logical but we also need to consciously aware about the following:
Dear Syed Amir Gilani,
Contemporary reference to the ancient philosophical thought should be realized taking into account the difference of knowledge as it occurs between ancient times and the present civilization, technological era, etc. of the development of the 21st century. In ancient times, knowledge about the structure of the human body, medical knowledge, including, among others, knowledge about the function and structure of the human brain was many times smaller than at present.
Then the philosophers did not know that almost all the work of all organs and their physiological functions coordinates and regulates the brain. Both rational thinking and self-awareness as well as feelings, emotions, emotional intelligence etc. takes place in the brain divided into both hemispheres. However, the claim of ancient philosophers that "we only see what we know" is still valid.
Despite the great technological progress that has been made since antiquity, despite four technological revolutions, despite the arming of research processes into electronic, computerized tools for advanced data processing Industry 4.0, we still "see only what we know." We do not see what is beyond the reach of our sight, etc.
For example, we do not see what is on other exoplanets in other planetary systems, in other galaxies if these exoplanets are out of reach of the most modern telescopes. We do not know whether the fourth-largest moon Jupiter Europe (Jupiter II) is under ice life in an ocean covered with an ice crust, because no device that could be an "extension" of human eyes has yet explored this ocean.
We do not see what is inside the molecules from which the matter and / or energy of protons, neutrons, electrons is built if we do not have devices that can isolate these molecules and photograph them with great magnification. We do not see the matter that is inside the core of the Earth because no device has yet arrived, etc.
In addition, individual people do not see with their own eyes what they learn from the media. On the other hand, the development of new online media, including social media portals, increases cognitive abilities of people. Despite technological development, in spite of the currently ongoing fourth technology revolution, Industry 4.0, we still "see only what we know."
The knowledge resources generated in the new online media are so huge that no man is able to see everything in his life, the whole of this knowledge, daily millions of new comments to events, millions of photos, etc. And so the ancient claim "we only see what we know "it would be necessary to update adapting Industry 4.0 to the current reality in the following way: individual people are able to see and learn only a small part of knowledge that currently exists in various database resources, Big Data systems, knowledge banks, information center archives of various institutions and published by all institutions of the media sector.
Best wishes
Perception is everything, reality is nothing.
In this sense, the human perception of an object is bound to subjective interpretation and expectation.
The scientific method was developed to exactly correct this natural (evolutionary) bias (survival function) of human psychology.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3lh0kz/is_it_true_that_when_the_indians_saw_ships_for/
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/myth-of-the-invisible-ships/Content?oid=2129921
https://www.facinghistory.org/holocaust-and-human-behavior/chapter-2/first-encounters-americas
https://owlcation.com/humanities/When-the-Native-American-Indians-first-met-the-European-Settlers
Anthony Andrew Keane
Wishing you success and unlimited imagination.
Everyone is able to see (apart from the blind, of course).
Few know how to observe.
The observer learns to know: better what he already knows, "ex novo" what he is about to know.
We see our future by imaging but no knowledge of what will happen next moment
Sometimes there is gut feeling that this might happen without supporting knowledge
What we believe to know depends o our mind-set.
The cascade is:
1. Conception - 2. Perception - 3. Action
The scope of action depends on our scope of perception, which depends on our conception.
For example: in the atheistic orientation we think "everything is relative" we negate the absolute and belive that conscoiusness is a product of matter (Darwin). Within this mind set we do not have the perception of spirituality. Therefore our scope of Action is limited in matter. New results of the Quantum Physics can only be seen in a one-dimensional way...
In a monotheistic mind-set we make relative things (e.g a religious system) into an abolute, which leads to similar consequences because only one thing can be absolute: the abloute (this is the definition of abolute) and the rest is relative. Which leads in a seperating mind-set of: this is Right vs. this is not Right. Our Perception is limited in the System of the order we believe in (e.g. creationism), and therefore as well aour scope of Action...
In a multidimensional ('just theistic') mind-set we accept our individuality as well as the individuality of god and we can truely say: "...thy will be done". Our Perception is not limited in our identifications and we can recognize matter as well as spirituality because we do not exclude one from the other.
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