mild very often when I meet someone and
they learn about my condition there’s a
certain kind of awkward tension created
between us I can see it in their eyes
and they want to ask me something I get
the sense that people think I am limited
they are curious to learn more what they
tend to retain their thoughts in the end
they can’t help would ask if I can see
the colors red blue green and quite
often I’m asked if my vision is in black
and whites today I am going to talk
about perceptions and how they form our
individual realities in other words how
therefore our own versions of truth
ladies and gentlemen I have a chemical
mixture over here liquid eggs and now
what color is liquid eggs view what is
blue to you is blue and emotion the
truth is right now that liquid axis view
in color and we can all agree on that
however when talking about truth it is
important to recognize that truth varies
according to different people and
therefore there is no lifted measure of
what truth really is and I would like to
ask the question then how limited are
our perceptions and what is this
limitation mean for our understanding of
the universal truth let us go back to
this liquid eggs earlier we had
established and liquid X was blue in
from the experiment that I conducted it
was evident that there was a color
change and this therefore tells us that
truth is relative and a series of
questions can be asked is empirical
evidence Universal is what we see in
necessarily true if I am color blind and
you are not we will see things
differently then who is right then does
anyone have to be right or do we just
accept the truth is relative sight sound
taste touch and smell are forms of sense
perceptions these perceptions help us to
take external information what I would
like to ask a question how reliable are
these perceptions the way we interpret
things is solely based upon a wide array
of factors such as experiences
pre-existing knowledge our memories and
many more one or more of these combined
together can influence our judgments and
can help us to make decisions based on
our needs and wants take a look at this
picture raise your hands if you can see
a gloss all right raise your hands if
you can see two faces all right can
anybody see just black and white patches
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take a look at this next one I really
like this one it’s the best raise your
hands if you can see three looks reasons
if you can see four blocks it really is
confusing isn’t it there is no correct
answer because our views are different
in just this one room I have showed you
that we perceive these images quite
differently color plays a vital role in
forming outside perceptions depending on
the
the value and emotions of each color has
been imprinted upon our minds such that
when we see a color were prone to feel a
certain way take a look at this next one
these are two mailboxes over here raise
your hands if you think that the black
box is bigger all right raise your hands
if you think that the green box is
bigger most people think that the black
box is bigger however quite
astonishingly they’re both the same size
black is the most dense color and
therefore it creates perceptions of
heaviness and makes things look much
bigger the perception that black cloth
makes one look slimmer is actually just
a myth the reliability of our
perceptions is questionable because we
are all unique all knowledge experiences
and limitations liver and influence the
way we perceive information therefore
all reality varies ladies and gentlemen
if we know then that truth is relative
and that our perceptions vary why are we
so quick to judge we are all equal
beings we may be different and special
like I live in color blind and you may
not be but in the end were equal all the
same let’s understand that our
perceptions are fluid and subjective
ladies and gentlemen we are a global
population of seven billion each person
with their own unique identity each
person bringing their own reality
forward who then can say what’s truth
really is thank you [Applause]