The Relationship Between Sensation and Reality

A vibration without an ear to hear it doesn't sound like anything at all. Humans are only able to see around 0.0035% of the electromagnetic spectrum. People who have a genetic mutation that causes them to have four types of cone cells in their eyes can see up to 100 million different colors. So while we tend to think of reality as an objective truth that we perceive through our senses, when we examine what's actually going on, we begin to see that our experience of reality is actually a process of which we are an integral part.

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