Growing up we are taught that everyone is different, but this article made me realize how true this statement is. We are all individual people and have different thoughts but what some of us don't notice is that we don't all have the same emotions. How do other people react to things? Is it different to how I would react? Is it the same? According to this article, we ALL have different emotions, but how can we truly determine that. We can’t read minds, how do we know others aren’t having the same or similar thoughts? I find it hard to believe that out of all the billions of beings on this planet we are all fully individual thinkers. I believe we all have similar thoughts which means we aren't completely individual.
However, I do agree with his thoughts about our view on images. At first when my partner and I were analyzing the paper, we thought that the statement " when you think of it, the only thing we ever perceive immediately and directly is ourselves and the images and experiences in our mind" meant that based on past experience, your view on certain things will be different, but as I continued to read,I felt there was a bigger message. I could really connect to this passage because I have always felt the same way about our minds and often questioned, how do we know what we see is actually what it is? It's like when Mr Manley explained to us in class that what if the color we see as green is actually red? After a while, I understood what he meant because it is something I have questioned for a while now. I guess there is no real way to see if what we see is correct or not, is it possible we will NEVER know?
Now for the last statement, I'd have to disagree again. Even if we are truly individual, we aren't boxed in to our own minds. We as human beings can connect to each others which I feel defeats the purpose of being " trapped within our own mind". Those words make it feel like a harsh situation, but I don't see how any of us are trapped when we have friends or family to talk and connect to.
Overall, I'm still sort of confused about this article. I am not only confused on what the writer is trying to say, but I'm also confused about my own opinion. It's hard to explain how I feel about this topic because it's such a mystery, we could be seeing something totally different then the truth. But, I'm also confused about what the author is saying. He describes the human experience as something cold, lonely and depressing, but I feel that It doesn't have to be that way If you find something of interest and have someone to talk to.
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