People talk about all kinds of things on their blogs, from jokes to personal experiences, about their joy and anger. Many people who read their blogs assume that this is a true reflection of the person's feelings, thoughts or even life experiences. For the fact that a blog is often known as an online diary, we've conveniently disregarded the possibility that whatever is written is a farce. I once read somewhere that what is considered normal may not really be normal per se, but rather a consensus by everyone this is normality. The point being that if all plausible evidence points to it and they are in different forms, whether from the same source or not, it is viewed as converging evidence across different fields.
Just consider this, my reality, as psychologists have explained and i very loosely define, is my perception and interpretation of the envirmonment, people and happenings around me. Using the schemas that i have created through the formative ages of my life, i process and interpret information, thus creating my reality. Hence, it is very possible for you and i to have very different realities. Now believing that the same thing can be viewed as different by two people is based largely on this idea. Of course, what is also an implication of this idea is that whatever i'm saying and what you are saying may very well be false. Not born out of deliberate ill-intent, but rather a psychological makeup.
Would people lie on their blog? Do they have the motivation to do so? For the latter, yes. For the former maybe. They don't have to lie per se, just withhold information. It's amazing how little bits of information can cause a person to have a completely opposite view of the same thing. The classic example is that of the sentence punctuation. Consider these two sentences," Women without Man are completely useless" and "Women: Without, Man are completely useless". Two radically different meanings, yet with the exact same words. Which brings me to the point that to some, a blog is a place where people say the truth. For others, a blog is a tool for making others believe what you are saying is the truth.
Would i ,or rather, have i been telling the truth? Or am i just manipulating what you think?
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dreamt of @ 11:55 pm
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certain quotes from certain places..
"Blessed is the man who perseveres under trials because when he stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him." James 1:12
"Oh, nothing can happen more than once,
But all things must happen one day
Over hill and dale, over wood and stream,
My dying voice will blow away... " The Neverending story
"Walk by Faith, Not by sight" 2 Corinthians 5:7
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