Quote Originally Posted by The Gnome
Taking Einstein's General Theory of Relativity into account, there can exist any number of "truths" in the universe that contradict each other in seemingly impossible ways. It just depends on the viewer, the viewer's position, his velocity, his bias, what he had for lunch, and everything else.


This theory has been proven by simple experimentation and is also easily grasped by anyone with a comprehension level equal to that needed for a high school education.

This is true. Since what you perceieve as reality is everything that your brain has been imprinted and conditioned to do, all that makes sense and is real is simply what your brain decides is correct. When Einstien published his Special Relativity theory, a majority of physicists rejected it. Einstien himself refused to accept anything in quantum theory.

This is because what you perceive to be reality is actually just your brain receiving signals from external stimuli (which is the objective world) and rearranging the signals (like filling in the colors on a paint by numbers) so that it makes sense to you and fits how your mind is imprinted to view this world.

Think of the brain as a computer. The actual brain is the hardware. That is the actual physical part of the computer, the cpu, hard drives, floppy drives, etc.. Your mind, which is the intangible essence of you (the I, your ID) is software. Software are programs that run on a computer. Hardware can be destroyed, because it is a physical (i.e. you can smash your computer and it will be broken and thrown away) but software can't be destroyed. (i.e. programs you added to the computer you smashed are not broken, they still exist somewhere out their, either on a CD, written in a book, or in someone else's head) The point is that the computer hardware itself does nothing, but when you add the software, the computer can run those programs, and that is what appears on the screen.

Think of the external world as software, every book, every piece of art, every person, every society, every event, everything, they are all programs. These programs are imprinted, conditioned, and learned into your brain like how computer programs are installed on a computer. Your personal reality depends on the programs your brain is running on. Nobody's brain is imprinted (or programed) the same so that makes every individual unique.

At the moment there is no way to prove any kind of an objective truth so until then all reality and truth is only what is real and truthful to you.