#Consensus Reality
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Shaping Our Reality: Exploring the Dynamics of Consensus Reality
Introduction:
Reality, as we perceive it, is not a static and universal construct but is profoundly influenced by social, cultural, and historical factors. The concept of consensus reality delves into how shared beliefs and agreements shape our understanding of the world. In this exploration, we will unravel the intricate ways in which these factors interplay to construct the tapestry of our collective reality.
Social Construction of Reality:
Our shared reality is, to a significant extent, socially constructed. Sociologist Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann introduced the idea that reality is an ongoing, socially negotiated process. Institutions, language, and everyday interactions contribute to the construction of a shared reality. For example, the perception of certain social roles or institutions is deeply embedded in cultural norms and values, shaping our understanding of what is considered 'real.'
Cultural Dimensions:
Cultural perspectives exert a powerful influence on how we interpret and define reality. Different cultures may have distinct worldviews, mythologies, and belief systems that significantly impact their understanding of the world. Cultural lenses shape the significance assigned to certain events, objects, or behaviors, contributing to the diversity of interpretations within our global community.
Historical Context:
The historical backdrop against which a society evolves plays a pivotal role in shaping its reality. Historical events, narratives, and collective memories become integral parts of a shared reality. For instance, the way a society interprets its past, including historical triumphs or traumas, influences its present perceptions and future aspirations.
Consensus Reality and Social Agreement:
Consensus reality emerges through social agreement, where individuals within a community accept certain beliefs or interpretations as valid. This shared understanding allows for social cohesion and cooperation. However, it's crucial to recognize that consensus reality is not universal, and different groups may uphold distinct realities based on their unique social, cultural, and historical contexts.
Media Influence and Perception:
In the contemporary era, media plays a significant role in shaping consensus reality. The dissemination of information, narratives, and images through various media channels contributes to the formation of shared beliefs and perspectives. Media representations influence how we perceive events and issues, contributing to the ongoing construction of our collective reality.
Challenges to Consensus:
While consensus reality provides a framework for social order, it is not immune to challenges. Diverse perspectives, subcultures, and individual differences can lead to conflicts in interpretation and understanding. Acknowledging and navigating these challenges is essential for fostering a more inclusive and nuanced shared reality.
Conclusion:
Our reality is a dynamic and multifaceted entity, intricately woven by the threads of social, cultural, and historical influences. Exploring consensus reality offers insights into the mechanisms that contribute to the formation of our shared understanding of the world. As we navigate this complex tapestry, understanding the impact of these factors is crucial for fostering empathy, dialogue, and a richer appreciation of our diverse human experience.
#philosophy#epistemology#knowledge#learning#ontology#chatgpt#education#metaphysics#psychology#politics#Consensus Reality#Social Construction#Cultural Influence#Historical Context#Media Perception#Social Agreement#Diversity of Perspectives#reality
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the map is not the territory. the map represents the territory; however, it is a territory which only exists in maps
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Naur... it's trew. Adachi should have had a gut, a fat ass and thighs, hairy chest and belly with a mad happy trail and biceps bigger than the other characters' heads which are also hairy...
bear adachi's real to us all rgg is just scared
#snap chats#in class rn and we mentioning Consensus Reality .... we live there ... rgg lives in delusion ....
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broke the actual chain bc that thread is getting too long for my liking but here's my addition to the picrew chain I was tagged in by @disir-ex-machina
#feat. my everpresent refusal to adhere to consensus reality regarding my appearance <3#i mean that's basically my ''irl'' facial expression and my piercings and my scar and i do love kuromi. so the mask is partially there!#fun with dollmakers#fun with tag games#oooh my 21000th post
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lost focus and had a consensual workplace relationship
#lego batman#lego batjokes#lego joker#batman#what do i tag this shit with#i woke up in a cold sweat with this idea after not posting on tumblr for months#try guys#ned fulmer#try guys drama#idk anythjng about the try guys i cant enjoy any form of media when there are no women in it#even if its funny buzzfeed reality shit i refuse to watch anything without women in it#i lost focus and had a consensual workplace relationship
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this year's jsc choice versions:
all-female cast. i haven't actually seen this yet, i just found it on a youtube search today. i'm looking forward to starting it after i finish with the original film version, but i have listened to the album and loved it.
latest tour production. i saw this version when it was (very) briefly in toronto in december 2021, before the run was cut short due to cast & crew testing positive for covid. fantastic set, amazing costuming for king herod, tyrone huntley as judas (after he originated this version in the regent's park open air theatre) which was an experience (the cast in this video is from 2022 - 2023, not the cast i saw).
#jesus christ superstar#viewing live performances via the internet just makes the gap between a stage production and its film adaptation wider#it's like the difference between a studio cast recording and a recording of the same cast live#of which i DO have for phantom: the critics' preview from 27 september 1986 (searchable on youtube)#a theatrical performance is a crystallized moment unable to be changed for better OR worse#while a deliberately recorded version is the amalgamation of conceptions regarding what it SHOULD be - the consensus reality#(not that a theatrical performance ISN'T a collaboration. it is but it's not seen as the CONCRETE version the way a film often is)#ah yes. here is the mandatory meander into post-structuralist theory and the nature of realities in my tags
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do you think being already crazy would help or hurt when dealing with the Marker
#dead space#the marker#it really could go either way#like i already doubt my perception of reality and need to double check its in line with consensus reality#so would that help or
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hate how any valid criticism of femininity is acceptably offset by some numbskull pointing out how skillful it is to perform said femininity, when in fact it should be noted that going so far as to endure and practice a skill for the sake of beauty is the female socialization that these ‘‘feminists’’ supposedly understand lol like it goes over their heads
Like no.
your dedication to achieve the perfect winged eyeshadow is not feminist just because it required skill. femininity is a set of behaviors after all.
#ic.text#when did we arrive to a general consensus that this was like a valid reason to perform femininity#I guess it was because men went so hard calling women vain for spending so much time on appearance so ~a la libfem ~ they decided to#VAzlIDATE feminimity with this forced positivity bs by ( ironically) saying oh it takes so much skill and effort you don’t know what it’s#like being a girl performing all these beauty rituals’#which true ……but!!! it should have been to showcase how ridiculous the expectations for women are and a reality check#and NOT this embracing of femininity as just something men don’t appreciate about women#cuz men don’t know how amazing mindy is actually for mastering the ancient discipline of walking in high heels#pfffffft it’s honestly humiliating how it’s a FLEX for women to show each other how far they’re willing to go to look ‘great’#H U M I L I A T I N G
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CheapSweets Pick 'n' Mix - Best of 2022
What is it?
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Violate Consensus Reality, second full album from Belgian prog-metal outfit Psychonaut (no relation to the Double Fine video game).
Psychonaut is;
Thomas Michiels - Bass, Vocals
Stefan de Graef - Guitars, Vocals
Harm Peters - Drums
(also features Colin H Van Eeckhout from AMENRA and Stefanie Mannaerts from BRUTUS on the title track).
What is it like?
A 'psychonaut' is someone who uses altered states of consciousness to explore the human condition. Of course, historically, music is one of those things that has been used to elicit said altered states of consciousness... does that mean, if you listen to this album, you are a 'psychonaut' listening to 'Psychonaut'?
I can't say that this album answers deep questions like this, but it does cover philosophical and existential themes. I fell in love with Stefan de Graef's vocals after hearing him on Hippotraktor's first full album, Meridian, and he's a great contrast to the cleaner vocals of Thomas Michiels.
I feel there's a really deep thematic connection to stoner rock; some of the song structures seem similar, even if they are interpreted via post-metal sensibilities.
A lot of the lyrics focus on self realisation and self actualisation, the music is moody and swirling, with a lot of tone and shade; similar to bands like The Ocean, both in terms of the album as a whole and within the individual songs, as exemplified by the title track, Violate Consensus Reality.
You might like this if you are a fan of:
DVNE, The Ocean, Hippotraktor (not least because Stefan de Graef is the vocalist on this band as well!), Gojira
Lyrics such as:
Chase your roots with courage
Go beyond
Reject the norm
Follow your compassion through the storm
Don't just take my word for it:
Carcharodon from AMG praised the production and Harm Peter's drumming, and felt it was one of those albums that grows in estimation with each subsequent listen...
Richard Murray from The Sleeping Shaman enjoyed the 'dazzling' dynamics and evocative messaging...
Alex Mace, writing for Distorted Sound, felt the album was 'daring and raw' and that it was a good followup to their previous album...
Standout tracks:
Violate Consensus Reality, Interbeing, A Pacifist's Guide to Violence
Where can I find it?
Youtube;
Bandcamp;
And, Spotify;
#psychonaut#post metal#prog metal#violate consensus reality#metal#heavy metal#best music of 2022#Youtube#Bandcamp#Spotify#Belgian music#Belgian metal#Pelagic records
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Honestly, that one post that's like "the whole point of writing is hope!!!1" kinda makes me feel similarly to "the whole point of life is love!!1" Your experiences are not universal and it would honestly improve your critical thinking skills to examine why love or hope might not be appealing to some people and why grimdark and lovelessness might.
Also, as an aro with cluster B spectrum disorder comprehensive subtype with emotionless and loveless headmates, some people just don't feel either of those things. They can still be writers and living people and also enjoy media without those things -_-
#life has no inherent meaning and media has no inherent purpose other than that which the exchange between viewer/reader and creator gives it#like we have system members that very much choose to give their meaning to the universe that it is about love TO THEM#even as it feels inherent to them. they recognize contradictory experiences exist and are equally valid#literally like headmate a: 'for me the universe is about love in a fundamental level'#headmate b: lol not for meeeeee#headmate a: valid! is it okay that I love you?#headmate b: pfft I can't control your feelings#(then sometimes headmate b might ask them to express it in a different way but not always)#and like to both of them it's the REALITY of the universe at a basic level but we don't ascribe to consensus reality bullshit#so mutually exclusive contradictory things can both be completely true
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man, I forgot how much I dislike the state of some confusion! it's a nuisance to escape.
(wandered in for my ambition, trying to get out again but I don't have memorized which cards raise or lower my nightmares the way I do for the mirror-marshes or scandal in the tomb colonies, so I keep accidentally losing progress. nuisance!)
being insane is a nuisance in real life, too, so I suppose it tracks.
#fallen london#has a mechanic where if you fail enough checks your character has to go somewhere and recuperate and those places are#an island full of people who have been dead too many times for polite society#Just Literally Prison#charon's boat on the river of the dead#and a hotel for people who have lost touch with consensus reality#currently stuck in Nightmares Hotel unforch#my favorite is the Tomb-Colonies because it has nothing to do with your relative deadness level#you get sent there when you have done too many scandalous love affairs or published too much scandalous poetry#and nobody in Society wants to be seen with you#so you have to go hang out with the dead people until they get over it
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I'm really happy ur into the sort of subkink that isnt death feedism or anything harsh like that but also acknowledges how hot it is to be fat, unfit and unhealthy
Yeah, medical stuff and death-feedism is way too much for me, but I love the lazy, unhealthy lifestyle part of the kink. Not including risk of immobility (which has it's place), loss of fitness is a huge turn-on for me. Immobility is fun in fantasy, but I'm iffy about it irl. Maybe in the distant future, but I'd have to try to keep up my health (avoid diabetes and heart attacks and such). And death-feedism is just not for me.
But yeah. Atrophied muscles and being constantly out of breath and stuff like that? Absolutely. Love it.
#there's nothing wrong with harsh kinks as long as you know the difference between reality and fantasy#safe sane and consensual is always the number 1 priority#those kinks just aren't really for me#ask
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not to use tumblr for peer review but how does this thesis feel to you??
There is no ontologically binding truth of the human condition, and each culture, society, and individual develops singular morals and ideologies in response to its own external stimuli. Humans are often considered a special, separate realm of creature, but at our core we hold no essence to separate ourselves from the rest of nature, and our identity is as mutable as the society we live in. Human identity is preserved through the passing of stories down through generations, but the capitalistic culture in our world today encourages the suppression of sympathetic ideas and behavior which make up a large part of human tradition. The idea of humanity as a definitive and singular distinction from the rest of the natural world is detrimental to our understandings of ourselves and one another as citizens of the world; it is up to each individual to define themself, creating a human identity they are comfortable inhabiting and diminishing the impact of the dominant paradigm’s overblown ascendancy over nature.
#note that i am using the word thesis wholly inaccurately i just don’t remember what this part is called#we had to make a mind map using five of the texts we’ve worked with this year to answer a level three question around a motif#and i picked nature of reality. and my question is if humanity can be defined and codified as an exclusive condition of being#which is very difficult to answer!! we have spent several sessions of philosophy club trying and failing to come to a group consensus#but this covers some facets of my general beliefs using evidence (in the mind map) from stuff we’ve talked about in class#so anyway here it is. i’m going to have to make it a lot shorter but it’s like pretty okay currently shdhdf#advice is appreciated. telling me you can’t understand what i’m saying is extremely appreciated. due on friday#also if you disagree with what i’m saying let me know and tell me why and then i can figure out if i should revise my argument#but this is my conclusion based mainly on night flying woman - wallace stevens - othello - frankenstein - the iliad - beowulf#plus the hero by john m. redfield and the social construction of culture and some outside resources like the cyborg manifesto#*james#and also like. jonathan haidt? jean-paul sartre? a friend from school? my english teacher? a lot of references#and anyway my mind map is so big it is insane. but that is what the inside of my mind looks like#but anyway just. yeah. idk. feedback?? hope you all are well. i’m preoccupied with philosophy as usual#i also did my francophone célèbre project on sartre so i have been. inundated in existentialism shdhdhdf#anyway tumblr (the mobile app) hates me so i think i’ll just go ahead and post while i can. but yeah#again i’m like around if anybody needs anything and i hope you all are well!!#me. my post. mine.#arthur’s homework#delete later
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Ryan: “White is not black, Doctor Lamb - down is not up, and straw is not gold. Look around you. Rapture is no miracle - it is a product of reason, impossible unless one and one are two, and A equates to A.”
(murmur, some agreement)
Lamb: “And yet... alone, each man is a prisoner to bias. Dream, delusion, or the pain of phantom limb - to one man, they are as real as rain. Reality is consensus... and people are losing faith. Talk a walk Andrew. It is raining in Rapture... and you have simply chosen not to notice.”
(Angry half-cheering in agreement)
#andrew ryan#sofia lamb#doctor lamb#dr lamb#audio diary#ryan vs lamb#consensus#reality#rapture#losing faith#underwater city#bioshock 2#bioshock the collection#bioshock: the collection#bioshock 2 remastered#video games#2K#girls who game#favorite games#nintendo switch#nintendo switch games
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it's always nice to go on a thread on the rpg net forms and find people maturely discussing how certain elements of mage the accession or whatever are problematic for stuff like the dreamspeakers or the taking from like blavatsky and her era of vaguely racist and antisemitic ideas
#this was on a thread about people trying to figure out what mage v5 would look like#it was a very interesting discussion#though some people are like some of these bad elements are sort of integral to mage as a game so it would be better to just#throw it all out then try and remove like the consensus#consensus being how in mage reality is a consensus and people were talking about how that rings a bit uncomfortably in the modern day with#like covid denier shit and qanon shit being like big and scary
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the branch of the foundations disinformation section that just commit wikipedia vandalism and then write puff articles corroborating said vandalism, thus providing a citation and cementing it as reality
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