Talk:Consensus reality
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Reading a draft of an upcoming book on brain science in mid-century, the phrase "consensus reality" is attributed to John Lilly. No footnote in this text, but the phrase does appear in his autobiography. (https://books.google.com/books?id=FU5-AAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=consensus). 135.180.44.83 (talk) 01:50, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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From the article:
Who's he? Why doesn't Google have any hits on it?
Who coined "consensus reality"? In what contexts is it used?
The article claims "idealist, surrealist and other anti-realist" theorists use it. I'm familiar with many idealist and anti-realist philosophers, but this is the first I've heard this phrase. Do you mean that it's used, perhaps, among art theorists?
I wouldn't know about that. One thing I do know is that most idealists and anti-realists (who actually deserve the name) would scoff at the suggestion that their theory involves regarding "consensus reality" as "false." (How can a reality be false? You mean beliefs about reality, perhaps.)
Anyway, this article confuses me because I really don't know who is being said to say all these things.
Also, who coined "reality enforcement" and in what context is it used?
the reference to operation terra was sneaky and dangerouse as the site takes the reader on a voyage of brainwashing before leading to the idea of meeting groups to talk about ways to transend this world, eventually leading to suicides. this needs further investigation —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.225.239.109 (talk) 15:45, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What does this even mean? Martin 23:08 May 13, 2003 (UTC)
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>Consensual reality can be considered in terms of the end product of thousands of years of cultural/ social evoluton, not to mention the findings of the scientific culture/ community.
This is incorrect. The phrase "consensus reality" applies specifically to the consensus or agreed-upon -- here by mutual belief -- reality and can be used to refer to objective reality as opposed to the ravings of a deranged or insane individual whose reality is outside of the consensus.
"(It should be noted Alan C. Walter uses the phrase "reality enforcers" in a highly idiosyncratic way..." Who is Alan C. Walter? GangofOne 07:25, 25 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia talk pages shouldn't be abused, but nothing wrong with livening things up a bit... I came upon an excellent comment on slashdot.org about this type of thing:
I offer this argument to those who state "You create your own reality." I kick them in the shin. Then say, "Why did you do that?"
Just thought it was funny :) - JustinWick 02:23, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Since I wrote the main body of text for this entry, I guess I should offer an explanation for why it lacks references. I did not, BTW, write the paragraph that talks about Objectivists or any of the material below the Contents box.
This explanation of consensus reality reflects my own personal understanding, though informed to some extent by the various concepts I gave links to within the text. As I hope I made clear, there is no overall agreement about what the term consensus reality refers to, and I tried my best to present the different POVs that I'm aware of without prejudice against any of them. However, since I am merely an unpublished 'freethinker,' so to speak, I can offer no reference or validation for my definition. In fact, my own understanding of the nature of reality is sufficiently different from mainstream thinking that I wouldn't expect it to appear in any publication.
I suppose, in a way, if there is lack of enthusiasm for this definition of consesnsus reality, then that in itself helps support my premise that one group's consensus reality might not be valid for everyone, even if that group includes 99% of the people.
Also, I posted this definition quite a while ago and, except for the addition of the paragraph on the Objectivist POV, hasn't been altered as far as I can see, so I imagine it's been satisfactory to those who've ventured onto the page during this time.
Manjusri053 05:00, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sigh... sometimes I wish reality were of the kind where my most loosely written conjecture from pop culture hypotheses resulting in a contradiction in terms was always termed original research. In other words, I think Skomorokh is much too kind.
I agree that there is a lack of references, especially ones that provide for composing a section named "Consensus reality in science and philosophy".
The article seems a copy-paste of [1], also citing no sources in those disciplines.
Perhaps, since the bulk of the concept seems to be 'dealing with shame' (rather than to be related to metaphysical descriptions of reality) better luck for sources may be found in sociology and psychology nee psychotherapy[2]. I'm sorry for not providing good refs, most of what I get is blogs and forum threads.HenrikErlandsson (talk) 21:18, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This paragraph gives me pause:
I think this description is conflating ontology with epistemology. In principle one could be both a materialist and a solipsist (as descibed here) by saying "I believe that an objective reality exists, but obtaining certain knowledge about it is not possible". I'm debating whether to change the solipsism link to metaphysical solipsism, which is an ontological viewpoint, or just re-wording the description of solipsism to something like "[in solipsism] the universe has no existence independently from the individual's mind". Or both. Thoughts? — Xaonon (Talk) 21:37, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
"Just as a person's personal view could be Idealist internally so can a society's view be Idealist externally and just as a persons reality can change so can a society's reality change. Is the world flat? Is it round or oval? Does the sun revolve around the earth, the center of the universe? We currently have new beliefs but are they true today? Is Pluto still a planet? Social and personal realities are in constant change and as such can never be real, the only reality is change.Change as reality"
This seems to be WK:OR, is vague, and unsuitable for an encyclopedia article as it asks questions instead of answering them.1Z 22:53, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Shouldn't the template be {{sprotected}}? I considered changing it myself with a pithy edit summary like "that the other template was false is self-evident" but decided it's best, as a non-admin, to be careful around administrative tags like that. --Random832(tc) 14:28, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This distinction, mentioned at http://www.hubbuboo.com/index.php/2006/06/21/human-consensus-reality/ should be included in article, but I'm not sure where. --Daniel C. Boyer 18:52, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This entry is a disaster. It's a tangle of confusions. The very phrase "consensus reality" encourages the conflation of (a) what is real and (b) what is thought to be real. What we basically have here is an entry that is based on a confusion which then pervades the whole thing.
Seriously. The best thing to do with this entry is just delete it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.63.43.66 (talk) 13:01, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I can't emphasize enough what a disaster this entry is. Consider just the very first sentence:
Consensus reality (rarely or mistakenly called "consensual reality")[1] is an approach to answering the question 'What is real?', a profound philosophical question, with answers dating back millennia; it is almost invariably used to refer to human consensus reality, though there have been mentions of feline and canine consensus reality.[2
1.So-called "consensus reality" is not an "approach." Rather, that there is such a thing as CR is a theory. One might have an approach to something (e.g. answering or addressing a question) that included a reference to CR, but CR itself cannot be an approach. Compare: reality is an approach.
2.The sentence is a run-on
3.We get two utterly trivial bits of fine-tuning right off the bat--the correction about 'consensual reality' and mentions of dog and cat CR. Seriously: if we're discussing "feline consensual reality," this is a sign that the entry in question belongs in Uncyclopedia or somesuch. —Preceding unsigned comment added by William Knorpp (talk • contribs) 13:13, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The confusion at the core of this article is due to the fact that the phrase is used with different meanings by different people, and no proper effort has been made to nail down the different senses of the phrase. Some seem to think that human agreement on what is real somehow "creates" reality, or underpins it; others (including myself) consider this a preposterous idea, promulgated by the wishful thinking of folks who want to live in Matrixland, or readers of such volumes of self-help fantasy as "The Secret."
However much I may deprecate that concept, it is, nevertheless, one of the common ways people use the phrase, and should be covered in the article.
Others, however, would regard people who use the phrase in this way as mistaken; they would say that "consensus reality" is not reality at all, but is the culturally-accepted map of what is deemed real (often including the decidedly unreal, like the geocentric astronomical model), subject to change as culture changes, whether through geographical exploration, scientific method, or religious conversion [and lapse]. In this sense, "consensual reality" is neither an "approach" nor mere theory; its existence is easily demonstrated in the comparison of cultures, or shifting convictions within a single culture.
The basic work of defining the concept needs doing, first of all. Perhaps nominating the article for deletion will motivate people to do the work required. Bustter (talk) 05:12, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
DELETED:(rarely or mistakenly called "consensual reality")and the absurd citation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqb_DyRzdy4
The phrase "consensual reality" is not so very rare nor is it demonstrably mistaken, and the cite offers support of nothing.
This does little to rescue the horrendous opening graf, but it's a start. Bustter (talk) 05:12, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I kind of liked the dog and cat remarks, regardless of the necessity for omission from the beginning. Its a simplistic yet prime example of a human consensual reality that denies animals (or even insects) the same rights as humans. As Reality would have it, all beings created evil (equal i mean), never denied from the competition for dominance, but really simply survival for most, but certainly not perceived dominance through ignorance. Excluding animals is a prime example of the consensual "racism" or is it "species-ism" of humans, or humanism, which has its place between cultures of humans or countries but little else. The fundamental problem with culture is their all too willingness to accept the consensual realities presented on television, that are little more than marketing tactics enforcing a maladaptive way of life for someone else's profit... forcing what would be perceived as good for the whole, on everyone, regardless of its actual necessity, supposed benefit or not... while ignoring all harm... something like the groove on a record being defined as the only music possible, and forcing everyone to listen to it, and then, a few people puke that everyone is just nodding along mindlessly (tangent: heaven forbid blow something up), and this concept is born, or at least very real, along with a lot of resistance that reality gets classified as unrealistic in spite of existing. The purpose of the term is to seek a better understanding of actual reality by providing a means to distinguish between popular belief and the pursuit of actual knowledge or ultimate consequence of action. It is unfortunately a catch all insult, because almost anything can be dissected as simply an ignorance of conformity (ie: acceptance of a consensual reality AS Reality, a very basic sin, to toss "accepted truths" around like a manipulative toolkit). One example is that the economy is actually important to our future being enforced as a consensual reality, when meanwhile there are economies of waste, and economies of pollution, of questionable ultimate value to survival of humans'ism or life at all. It's arguable that these simple displays of dominance of humanity (ie: making a lot of "noise", or consequence) are accepted as real or actual power. -SaLa(vb) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.73.64.144 (talk) 04:33, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Name a problem, this page has got it. It *appears* to be reffed, in the sense of being sprinkled with little numbers, but ha;f the refs are to very non-notable personal; websites and the rest are to solid works by notable authors that aren't actually about Consenus Reality in any sense that would pass muster (ie it is WP:SYN to say that they are). 1Z (talk) 21:10, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Can someone rewrite this article. Pref. someone who understands what the hell the author was trying to say. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.49.130.10 (talk) 17:11, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I don't understand how a heading could need one, let alone two, cite tags. There's no claim being made, therefore there's nothing to need a citation for. I'm going to remove the tags on the heading now, and if there's a good reason to change it back, let me know on my talk page. --Tathar (talk) 06:25, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
While I'm the last to defend any popular consensus as granting a legitimate claim to truth, I also know from direct personal experience that this page will never really know peace. I am starting a page on my Wikia titled (badly?) "Social Epistemology", and it would seem that the subject is likely to include the issues raised here (and others as well). The problem with this page is that it almost directly addresses the problem of how knowledge, completely true or completely bogus, must first originate with an individual before it can ever be critiqued by a larger body of persons, or society at large.
I've previously pointed out that historically, the Original Research of various persons now form a part of the lore of our modern society, sometimes as an examination of people who were well out of their depth in just about every way possible, to those who were wrong for all the right reasons, those who were right for all the wrong reasons, and those who were right at the time, but everybody since has forgotten the expiration date and attendant caveats. To cite one example, Freud was trained in Medicine, failed to be able to hypnotize his patients as many of his contemporaries were wont to do, and improvised a method of verbal association to make up the difference. In other words, other than in the field of Medicine, Freud was a third-rate hack. The value of the field could only have gone up, as it could not have descended any lower.
Consensus reality can also address institutions' Monopoly on violence, and the ability to demand that individuals must act according to a knowledge that is politically or ideologically convenient to various established interests, rather than the knowledge that is plainly available to any conscious person of the time.
In short, consensus reality is social rather than personal, linguistic rather than experiential, and a muddied average of the many different beliefs of a culture and society. If I remind you here of Arrows' Theorem, you get just the barest idea of how unlikely it is that CR is to be internally consistent, coherent, etc. in any way but that the more intelligent people in such an august body overwhelmingly agree to ignore CR however they like, keeping only the parts that do in fact seem rational and factual. Now excuse me while I go ride my unicorn. P:D -- TheLastWordSword (talk) 17:13, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Why is this article separate from argumentum ad populum? Doesn't it deal with exactly the same phenomenon? At the very least there should be a mention of the argument from popularity in this article. Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 21:23, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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I suggest moving this page to Consensual Reality as "consensual" is the adjective form, therefore making it easier to read and comprehend. Thank you. --Ciphers (talk) 21:07, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Am I right? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.119.197.4 (talk) 21:51, 8 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Is Consensus Reality adequately explained by Lifeworld page?