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I have heard perception is reality, mostly from EO, but is it really? Or is it something else?
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Mirroring your original post with the Google reference, I'll just highlight that Google now ranks RallyPoint's answer as the authority on this, at least for the military, so does that mean that whoever has the highest ranked response to this question really defines reality?
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When it comes to inter-personal relationships, perception often drives consequences as much as true reality does. However, the blanket statement of "perception is reality" cannot be true... the German Army could have had the perception that they were winning WWII in late April 1945, but that would not have changed the reality that Berlin was about to be taken and the entire government was about to fall. Truth is ultimately more important than perception. For example, a unit that perceives that they are doing well, but are actually failing, does not lead to more success, it leads to catastrophic failure.
Perception is how we view and interact with the world, which causes real world consequences, but that doesn't mean that perception and reality are the same.
Perception is how we view and interact with the world, which causes real world consequences, but that doesn't mean that perception and reality are the same.
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Capt Seid Waddell
http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com/ you don't know who former Iraqi Information Minister Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf is, he was the face of the Ira...
LTC Yinon Weiss, the best example of the disconnect between perception and reality would be Bagdad Bob.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfAeMtcURg0
It is important that we not do that to ourselves if we wish to succeed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfAeMtcURg0
It is important that we not do that to ourselves if we wish to succeed.
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CPO Andy Carrillo, MS
My perception is that Comical Ali was promoting Saddam's propaganda (delusions presented as fact) regardless of the reality rolling in behind him.
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I agree with LTC Yinon Weiss in that perception does drive one's actions. If you are familiar with human psychology, LOSS AVERSION is an idea that was first brought up by Daniel Kahneman and mentioned in books such as Freakonomics and the Upsidedown of Irrationality. Behavioral economists have proven that our "perception" of losing something--which in reality was not our to begin with--greatly affects our ability to operate and shapes our decisions as human beings ie losing something that is not ours would have the same effect as losing something that is ours because we BELIEVE that the object to be lost belongs to us in REALITY. Our beliefs do become our local realities, but have no affect on the global reality as it relates to others. I hope this makes sense.
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To use an analogy -
Perception is to Reality as Fact is to Opinion.
Perceptions, like opinions, FEEL true to the person having them.
Reality, like facts, are proven to exist through empirical evidence.
The notion that perceptions and opinions can be conflated as truths gives us all sorts of crazy BS in society... I think I'll stop there, since I know each of you can come up with myriad examples.
Perception is to Reality as Fact is to Opinion.
Perceptions, like opinions, FEEL true to the person having them.
Reality, like facts, are proven to exist through empirical evidence.
The notion that perceptions and opinions can be conflated as truths gives us all sorts of crazy BS in society... I think I'll stop there, since I know each of you can come up with myriad examples.
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