How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions?

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How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions?

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RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions?

June 13, 2017 at 4:59 am

You can't know whether something is delusional unless you have a context in which to view it. In the context of my normal human activities, people are delusional who think they can fly. In another context, everything I think and "know" might be completely false or illusory.

I'll settle for truth-in-context: in the world view in which I think and function, some things are true and some aren't, and that's good enough.

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How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by Azu - June 13, 2017 at 1:26 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by ignoramus - June 13, 2017 at 3:53 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by bennyboy - June 13, 2017 at 4:59 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by ignoramus - June 13, 2017 at 5:13 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by bennyboy - June 13, 2017 at 5:39 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by chimp3 - June 13, 2017 at 5:52 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - June 13, 2017 at 6:00 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by bennyboy - June 13, 2017 at 6:23 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - June 13, 2017 at 7:54 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by Foxaèr - June 13, 2017 at 6:26 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by Chad32 - June 13, 2017 at 7:56 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by bennyboy - June 13, 2017 at 8:24 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by brewer - June 13, 2017 at 8:01 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by Chad32 - June 13, 2017 at 8:51 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by bennyboy - June 13, 2017 at 9:42 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by brewer - June 13, 2017 at 10:11 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by Neo-Scholastic - June 13, 2017 at 1:14 pm

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by brewer - June 13, 2017 at 3:59 pm

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by henryp - June 13, 2017 at 2:14 pm

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by The Valkyrie - June 13, 2017 at 5:14 pm

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