will@rti-sel.UUCP (10/06/83)
Ok, folks, this is a poll on the nature of reality. There seem to
be a lot of different views on the net about what reality is, and
if it is possible to find out what it is. So I have two questions
for everybody:
1) Is reality absolute, or is it undefinable? In other words,
do you think that reality is what things actually ARE,
as opposed to what they ARE NOT, or does this concept
have no meaning?
2) Is there any way that human beings can distinguish reality
with any degree of certainty? Or will all their perceptions
of necessity be flawed?
This is a personal poll; I want to know what YOU think, not what some
philosopher or cleric says about the matter. Please keep answers short
and succinct, and mail them to me, so I can post a summary to the net.
Hopefully, I'll get a lot of good answers. Also, I'll post my views
along with the rest when the time comes.
William A. Gwaltney Jr.
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