Delusions as a concept exists because reality is supposedly shared.
Because we have an idea of shared reality, we have the idea of delusions, and when people's realities go beyond or away from the shared reality, we call them delusions.
And yet, how you go beyond shared realities is a very interesting topic in itself.
On the one hand, there are the people who are creating their own realities everyday. Something made up out of the mind. And since that has happened, they are seeing something that no-one else is able to see, so the delusion seems obvious.
On the other hand, there are the people who are able to see things others aren't. The very fundamental qualification of a leader is their ability to see. To perceive a possibility and visualize a path to it that others cannot. A leader is able to see the details of a possibility that others can't. An artist is able to see a picture in great detail in their mind, before they ever put it on paper. Don't get me wrong, the ability to put it to paper, and the ability of the leader to materialize their vision is certainly the parameter that makes them relevant in society. Otherwise there's no real distinction between a mad man and a leader/artist.
But before the possibility is actually created in the world. The possibility is perceived in the mind. And I use the word perceived, NOT created, because the possibility was never not there. The possibility ALWAYS existed. It was always there. But it was unseen. And because it was unseen, it was perceived as non-existent. So people think that leaders and artists create new possibilities. I'd say, they perceive new possibilities, and manage the probabilities.
So in one sense there's no difference between a leader and a mad man. They're both seeing things that no one else can see. And yet, the difference is massive; in essence, the difference is one creates shit out of their minds, and the other manages to see remote possibilities, and improves their probability.
Thus, the true measure of intelligence isn't really being able to create from your mind, it's more being able to see. Yet one might argue we need to be able to create the tools to manage the probabilities, but even for that, we need to see the requirements, and see everything around us, and see what can be morphed into a tool.
Because we have an idea of shared reality, we have the idea of delusions, and when people's realities go beyond or away from the shared reality, we call them delusions.
And yet, how you go beyond shared realities is a very interesting topic in itself.
On the one hand, there are the people who are creating their own realities everyday. Something made up out of the mind. And since that has happened, they are seeing something that no-one else is able to see, so the delusion seems obvious.
On the other hand, there are the people who are able to see things others aren't. The very fundamental qualification of a leader is their ability to see. To perceive a possibility and visualize a path to it that others cannot. A leader is able to see the details of a possibility that others can't. An artist is able to see a picture in great detail in their mind, before they ever put it on paper. Don't get me wrong, the ability to put it to paper, and the ability of the leader to materialize their vision is certainly the parameter that makes them relevant in society. Otherwise there's no real distinction between a mad man and a leader/artist.
But before the possibility is actually created in the world. The possibility is perceived in the mind. And I use the word perceived, NOT created, because the possibility was never not there. The possibility ALWAYS existed. It was always there. But it was unseen. And because it was unseen, it was perceived as non-existent. So people think that leaders and artists create new possibilities. I'd say, they perceive new possibilities, and manage the probabilities.
So in one sense there's no difference between a leader and a mad man. They're both seeing things that no one else can see. And yet, the difference is massive; in essence, the difference is one creates shit out of their minds, and the other manages to see remote possibilities, and improves their probability.
Thus, the true measure of intelligence isn't really being able to create from your mind, it's more being able to see. Yet one might argue we need to be able to create the tools to manage the probabilities, but even for that, we need to see the requirements, and see everything around us, and see what can be morphed into a tool.
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