How dangerous is perception?

[Deja Q]

Poll question: How dangerous is perception?

After all, we all perceive things in a slightly different way...

[NMDemDist2]

1. not sure i understand the question

[Ready4Change]

2. I said very beneficial

After all, we'd be in a LOT of trouble if we could perceive nothing.

[teach1st]

3. Perception is cool..

..misperception can be trouble.

[Deja Q]

4. But that depends on how you define perception...

:-)

[teach1st]

5. Perception is hard to define...

..but by embracing misperception as a negative (i.e., didn't perceive correctly), it becomes clearer.

So perception might be defined as using the senses to become aware of and (within limits) accurately form a concept about something, while misperception might be misreading the sensually gathered information and forming an inaccurate concept.

Which shouldn't settle anything! Perception can be altered and perceptual truth might not be anywhere close to absolute.

Is perception dangerous? Hell, yes! But what are the alternatives?

[holeinboatoutatsea]

6. It depends on what is doing the looking

and perceiving!

Perception isn't dangerous, only the results of "disorted" (from another's perspective) perception.

[The Katts Meow]

7. It can be innocuous. But sometimes it depends upon the motive

behind the percption to. Everything always depends.

Heavy question.