{"id":136503,"date":"2021-02-24T19:11:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T17:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=136503"},"modified":"2021-02-24T19:11:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T17:11:06","slug":"greg-anderson-why-theres-no-such-thing-as-objective-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=136503","title":{"rendered":"Greg Anderson: Why there&#8217;s no such thing as objective reality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-ted wp-block-embed-ted wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Greg Anderson: Why there&#039;s no such thing as objective reality\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/greg_anderson_why_there_s_no_such_thing_as_objective_reality\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the grand scheme of history, modern reality is a bizarre exception when compared to the worlds of ancient, precolonial and Indigenous civilizations, where myths ruled and gods roamed, says historian Greg Anderson. So why do Westerners today think they&#8217;re right about reality and everybody else is wrong? Anderson tears into the fabric of objective reality to reveal the many universes that lie beyond &#8212; and encourages a healthy reimagining of what other possible ways of being human could look like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the grand scheme of history, modern reality is a bizarre exception when compared to the worlds of ancient, precolonial and Indigenous civilizations, where myths ruled and gods roamed, says historian Greg Anderson. So why do Westerners today think they&#8217;re right about reality and everybody else is wrong? 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