Thursday, September 12, 2013

Locke

Today I learned about John Locke, a philosopher who came up with the "veil of perception." The "veil of perception" is just a theory. The "veil of perception" is what we imagine of the world. It is only what we perceive it as. It’s how we see it, but we must perceive the world pretty accurately or else we wouldn’t survive long. Though, there is no way how we perceive the world is accurate so there is always the doubt, the theory. Has anyone read the book "Ender's Game?" In the book the author (Orson Scott Card) chose a made a pseudonym for one of the characters. He chose the name Locke because the kid was perceiving everyone one the internet and tricking them to think that he was an adult. This is sort of an example of the "veil of perception." Is everything really as it seems? (That last line seems like the closer to a movie...)

-Scotty


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