forum for week of 2 October

Following up with a lot of the responses above pointing out how sometimes the way brain works would fail us from obtaining the right 'reality'. Often times when we perceived things, that certain moment of perception doesn't usually last long, then our beliefs formed by that perception will depend on our memory of that moment. And getting precise memory all the time is not a common task then we're always not so certain about what is actually that we see, hear or touch. Uncertainty doesn't normally give true beliefs, rather misleading beliefs. With illusions and memory failure, why should pure perception be good evidence for getting beliefs when we ourselves have to question what we perceive? Not suggesting that we should not believe what we experience, but aside from everyday life situation, I think pure perception would not give good reasoning and beliefs without being rationalized.

JodyNguyen08:32, 6 October 2011