Mind the Gap Between Perception and Reality | Sean Tiffee | TEDxLSCTomball
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- Can we ever know what’s real? Communication scholar Sean Tiffee examines the relationship between perception and reality and questions the intersection between the two. In this talk, he advises us not to mind the gap, but to mine the gap and become a more loving and empathic person.
Sean is a voracious reader and estimates that he reads more than five hours a day. He has a PhD in Rhetoric and Langage from the University of Texas. He has taught Communication Studies courses at the University of Texas, Texas State University, and Austin Community College. He currently teaches at Lone Star College - Tomball.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
One thing that Sean Tiffee stated which really resonated with me was when he stated " when there is a constant reminder that I am perceiving the world my way and not the real way then I can have empathy towards others". Understanding and having empathy is a complete behavioral change, because the ability to have empathy completely changes how we react and interact with other in and outside of a work place setting. Currently in our society I believe that the lack of empathy in individuals is a leading factor in why people are afraid of change.
Are you alive?!
Wow even you how you analyzed it resonates better to me "Currently in our society I believe that the lack of empathy in individuals is a leading factor in why people are afraid of change." Thanks for your wise words y'all.
People have been open to accepting a bit too much absurdity lately
Perception, two people can interpret the same thing in two vastly different ways. This is because we are constructing concepts in our mind as we receive information. And what is constructed is influenced by our own personal unique experiences, beliefs, etc. This talk points out that process and hopefully shows that your perception is unique and not necessarily indicative of reality, or even the intended meaning. So think about how you interpret something before running with it.
I believe that is the point!
This was my speech professor at LSC!! Awesome guy
Most underrated TED talk there is.
I absolutely loved this! Simple and yet.. fulfilling!
Thank you!
Very insightful, it reminds me of how the conflict theory that both sides believe they are right because of their perception, but say both sides are empathetic there cannot be conflict.
Really glad to stumble onto this today . Needed to hear. Much appreciated
My entourage always reminded me everybobody cannot react just like i do so i should have empathy. I have never understood why!i think this video has changed my life !bravo i will mine the gap hencefort
Great video. Can't believe I hadn't caught this before. Well spoken.
Interesting talk . Thank you, bless you. All your dreams come true.
Most awakening 11min of my life.
Amazing speech, thanks man!
Well, finally a person who doesn't mix up the expressions actualis and realis.
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Narcissist
WOW This changed my way of thinking
Its also Being Cognition, makes you more self aware. (Abraham Maslow) :)
Thanks for the video !
Really good talk.
What a great video
The gap is a canyon in my estimation. Not only how far we are from true reality but it is stifled by us agreeing on what reality is and missing the mark completely. Why we are here, what our purpose is, what happens after, are all influential to the now,what it means, and humans know nothing of any of this.
Deserves more views
brilliant
We are all different in the same ways, We are born to adapt and servive, perceptions is learned thru the knowledge in of one's mind experiences, and we naturally feel it as good or bad, and this is practice and learned , from the moment you learned to remember.
Since born to to servive we start to adapt from when
1. You learne to cry for food
2. Others Tone of voice
3. People's faces or
4. Curiosity killed the cat, (what get you in trouble)
5. And finally realising one day life will end, scares you the most when your 7 or 10 years old, things get more personal from there on.. what can u do? But to Accept for what it is and for what it'll be.
As per my perception, you start adding information once you are in the womb or even before if you believe that you are a soul that rebirths.
"Everyone has their own truth"
Cool!
i had him as a college professor, hes the coolest professor ive ever met.
I think we should discuss the elephant in the room.
Lol!
He just did, but that was extremely clever! 🤣👍
I thought of Clifford :p
Everyone has his own reality built from his own life experience .there is no default reality or a standard for reality.
As soon as a child is born or even in womb we start carrying the information of our perception. That all adds up as we age and becomes our reality. So my reality is different than your reality even if we look at the same thing. That's why if I play a song, I may love it because I have already heard it but someone else may not want to listen as they have never heard and do not want to listen.
You assume a Wolfhuahua as opposed to the equally likely Chihuolfhuolf since the tendency is to think of physically dominant characteristics ultimately playing a dominative role.
You assume the name Wolfhuahua means that the human thinks that the Wolf's physical genetics play the dominant role when that was never stated
@@illuminatethemainstream7778you assume that the other commenter assumes that the name wolfhuahua means that the wolf’s genetics play a physically dominant role based on what the other commenter implied with their original comment. And I assumed what I said about you based on what you implied with your comment.
We can only Know Ourselves, seems a useful orienting generalization. Each of Us lives in our own Reality Bubble or Micro Universe. There's no one Reality then, there's only differing perspectives on Reality.
"I still don't have access to reality, because none of us ever do." Is this guy for real? I completely agree that we need to open our minds and hearts to the experiences of others to understand and empathize with fellow humans. To say that we don't have access to reality, though? What are we living in, a Super Mario world? If our "reality" is never the same as others' "realities", then we can never come to a consensus on things that matter, and we will forever be divided. How sad.
The way I see this, we don't have direct access to reality, everything has to go trough our brains, which creates a subjective interpretation of reality.
Objective reality is the same for everyone, but each person has a unique perception/experience. Part of our perception is based on objective reality, that's why we can agree on objective aspects of reality, because they generate similar perceptions, but we can also agree on abstract concepts that don't exist in objective reality, like money, countries, etc.
Open your eyes
I was thinking of a thigh gap
Where does the spoiler alert end? Please tell.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WON'T BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THIS SIMPLE CONCEPT, WHICH IS REALLY THE REAL MEANING OF ALL, YES ALL OF THE CONCEPTS IN THIS MOTIVATIONAL PRESENTATIONS, EMPOWERING OF ONE SELF, LEARNED BEHAVIOR, FOCUS, TIME MANAGEMENT, ACHIEVING SUCCESS, ETC... THIS SIMPLE CONCEPT THAT SIMPLIFIES ALL OF THE ABOVE IN NINE WORDS AND CHANGES OUR LIVES AND HELP US ACHIEVE THE MOST THAT THIS GIVEN LIFE-EXPERIENCE THAT WE LIVE IS THIS:
"THE POINT OF POWER IS IN THE PRESENT MOMENT" SO FORGET THE PAST, JUST USE IT AS FEEDBACK OF WHAT WAS DONE AND DON'T LOOK AT IT AS A MISTAKE BUT AS A SPRINGBOARD FOR THE EXPERIENCES LEARNED THAT HAS SHAPED YOUR LIFE INTO WHAT YOU ARE TODAY, NOT AS A WASTE OF TIME BUT AS ACCUMULATED KNOWLEDGE YOU CAN USE TO COMPARE YOUR POSITION IN THE PRESENT. ALSO, FORGET THE FUTURE WHICH DOESN'T EXIST YET, IT WILL ONLY BE WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT BY FOCUSING IN "THE PRESENT MOMENT" AND EMPOWER YOURSELVES.
Sounds great!
I think you have capslock down though - your'e waking the kids :)
I got a node for you...
We may perceive things differently, but the things being perceived may be virtually the same for all who see it, hear it, feel it.... and we may perceive them in very similar ways with very similar biological mechanisms... and come to very similar conclusions - “independently.”
And by doing so, accept the basics of Animus - that the earth is real, material is real, and it’s worth bank notes, even if none of it is technically what we perceive it to be.
Perhaps it’s better....
Neither Color nor Music exist in the Real World; such stuff is animated in our minds.
Hey... I’m swimming down by the levy and enjoying a picnic in honor of Pantrixian Prosurdity. If you come join me, you’ll be my Hero.
Like what my brother said “Limited perspective” seems you’re more a follower than an innovator/Leader
I really like this concept. I want to address his statement on reality, though. Reality is, and therefore we are in constant access to it, since we are in every way a part of reality, but we never have full access to it at once, or in its entirety.
If I’m incorrect, then I please let me know and provide explanation.
I like what you're saying and I mostly completely agree with you, although I don't believe we have constant access to all of reality. We definitely have constant access to the human perception of reality, unless you lack any of the senses in which we use to comprehend the world around us. I believe there is one true reality and every organism has a different level of perception of that reality. For example, humans can only see roughly 1% of the electromagnetic spectrum, which means we can't perceive 99% of visible reality. It seems like this is kind of what you were explaining, so my apologies if I misinterpreted what you meant.
@@Lamija-ck7yc Thanks for the reply. I agree, we have limited perspective, and this, along with our understanding of it, dictates our perception of reality.
I had similar thoughts. We never have full access to ALL of reality as we are only one person, but we certainly have access to reality as it unfolds around us. If what I perceive with my senses, or even feel in my heart (such as love for my children) isn't reality, then what is?
I hope Mr Tiffee has come up with a better talk now in 2022 to get across an important idea.
wolf wawa....embracing it
We assign qualities based on perception and titles. We assume people with titles have the qualities projected by the media.
I just kinda leave a placeholder for the concept of a dog. The story didn’t require me to imagine it as any specific dog.
Is that what anyone else got?
what we call reality is illusions made of illusions upon illusions! we need to teach kids at early age how the brain works and how easily it is tricked!
The talk was indeed awakening. But i just couldn't understand how dog at the beach could replace a dump truck? I mean the story clearly said Bob went to the beach to play fetch with *his dog*!
It’s a placeholder as he said. The dump truck is the same as the dog that you’ve imagined first. Both are considered “gap”. It just says that there’s so much more (like the dump truck) than we could only imagine (the dog we imagined).
It shows what real empathy should be like.
Bravo Zulu!
Between perception and between reality? Not between perception and reality?
If I take this video for what it is, then I may have lost my perception of reality. I say this because I am a male of leisure, I don't go out into the world very often(originally). The entertainment industry is currently being ruined by certain people and because of this, reality seems less real but in turn, fantasy seems more real and less fantastic because the politics and censorship found within are taking elements from reality and adding them to where they do NOT belong. Reality is breaking down because I cannot perceive it to be otherwise or as I see it, Reality IS broken because certain people have blurred the line between Fantasy and Reality and I in turn and feeling very sad and have felt so for some years now. Going to a yearly anime contention is one of the few things that helped me to completely forget about my troubles. Its only for a weekend once a year but its the happiest time for me. My perception of the world is ruined because I firmly believe that EVERYONE is capable of doing all the things I mentioned but by in large, it is the fault of the people that are ruining the entertainment industry and certain other individuals that my perception of the world is DESTROYED. I just wanna enjoy what I love, is that REALLY so much to ask???]:S
Ultimately though, you are in control of your perception.
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For some reason for me it is Bob Ross with a generic dog. The talk was inspiring nontheless.
I pictured Cerberus as Bob's dog
"I still don't have access to reality because none of us ever do". Who really knows going on...
Bob the builder 😂 I imagined
Maybe also because the power of suggestion is a real thing and you have a Labrador Retriever on the screen
I thought of a rough collie. I dont have one. Lassie is a rough collie
🤔🤔
With my self images I seen a beach
Mind - The gap
Great song from a great band.
Pictured a husky, I don't own a dog
I pictured Paul McCartneys Martha from the late 60´s:)
I actually didn’t think of any of those dogs I thought of my boyfriends lmaoooooo
I found it hard to follow his sentences; some phrases sounded as one multi syllable word.
I think he was pretty clear
Now I understand why you say that. Maybe your audio receptibility is differently designed than a average person, maybe.
Andre Costa Norman is not asking how you think you heard. Assuming he is a male, he is simply expressing his feelings
I didn’t think about what kind of dog that would be silly of me to think that
There is reality we just have so much human created lies (in large our societies) that most of us think reality is subjective. If reality was subjective we would all be insane. The more we don't understand our reality the more lost we feel there is nothing subjective about it.
Nothing actually exists it’s all perception on how our intellect perceive it
@David Morgan hehe
@David Morgan Yes, sort of. "Hot" and "cold" are relative concepts. There is no specific point where "hot" becomes "hot" outside of our own built-in system of perceiving, and even systems created to mathematically define degrees are based on our own understanding of our world. You could argue that 1,000°F is hot, as it would kill a person, but there are materials that could easily withstand a temperature like this and not take damage. But this is just how I see it.
how does enlightenment fit into all of this
+louvarlife removing the gap? :)
louvarlife the funny thing is the indian vedas were stolen about 550 or 600 years ago by the Germans studying researching etc and now they have come out by giving them all fancy english names oh yes our vedas are denied ownership now ...claimed by the Germans as theirs (well now by the usa as all German scientists and their work ...taken ie prisoners when germany list the war) ....the rocket has a V ie vajra ..lord indiras fighting weapon
all taken from indian vedas...eo want to know about nirvana ie enlightenment ...destroying this fake world etc learn the vedas and meditate ...everything will be revealed to you ..believe me the cosmos will be revealed and your true identity
why r u boasting about your religion?
Sonu Shetty cultural pride by epic clinging.
Kerrie Anne so what's next on menu? Falafel?
Wait what if you pictured the dog from UP
I imagined Bob in the second telling of the story as an alien from the movie "Alien" ... what does this tell me?
What if you pictured the cartoon dog on the bottle of Coppertone sunblock?
then you should seek help immediately :)
Perception is not reality !! Perception is perception!
I saw the concept of a dog. Not a specific breed, just a potential dog.
I pictured a short haired dog so am I an outlier in that experiment? Most likely that research was done in the United States.
im not the hero in my story im the background character no one cares about
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Do you know your attachment style? That might help you to see where that came from and how to heal it.
The Personal Development School (TH-cam) channel is amazing.
Life changing. You can learn to care about yourself and then attract others who do also 💫
There is no such thing as objective reality. All reality is subjective.
No, you just use the word reality wrongly.
There is an objective reality. Its not for us to understand.
Reality is objective. Perception of reality involves interpretation. Reality exists without the viewer.
@@toofusnook what reality you're talking about?? There's no reality here.
We fall by Illusions that our brain Interprets , how we are sure that reality is independent from us
BASKETBALL AND THEORIES Heredia - again, you are speaking of “perception of reality”, which has its flaws, limits and caveats. Reality itself suffers not from these things.
If reality is only in your head, the conversation about it is one-sided and useless, a mental masturbation. It is a useless model on which to base anything. It is like the “brain in a vat” discussion. You would either claim that I am a product of your imagination or vice-versa. If we are to get ANYWHERE useful, it is the reasonable path to accept the evidence for an objective reality. The same physics work in your computer or phone that work in mine.
I don’t get this. Guessing a kind of dog is nothing to do with perception. It is to do with incomplete information and as he says filling in a gap. But I would not call that perception. Perception is based on your subjective experience of reality. It is not the way you imagine a story someone tells you. It is more specific and concrete than that. The difference he is describing is imaginative. How we process partial information where we have to fill in gaps. Yes, we fill in gaps from our experience too. But I would offer that the difference there is that we go from objective to subjective. In other words the perception has to do with our emotional reaction to an objective event based on it’s fitting to our pre existent understanding.
Well if the thoughts in your head about a particular situation whether positive or negative (your perception) create an image which create an emotion then that is how you view something (ie; your perspective). The storyteller is the “voice in your head”. And the voice has a story and a narrative about a particular thing
What if we didn’t picture a dog
In Your Light O God, we see Light. We cannot perceive Reality without God's help.
If God is reality, then there is a huge gap between God and man. all we presume and assume about God is base on his /her perception. So we will never know God.
Thays why there is revelation sent through prophets.
For God to send us what we need to know through prophets
And Jeus,Moses,Abraham being all prophets of God
The last sent prophet is Muhammed peace be upon them all..
God means the eteranl knowledge that you can call as principles of life.
I didn't see any dog yo
OK. I admit it. I went to sleep after 4.5 minutes of watching and listening to this video. He was talking too fast for me.
Lmao.. 😆 you're a fuckin truth seeker.. watch it again. 👂🤯👂
You lost me with the yellow dump truck.
Nobody said the dump truck is yellow.
No, I pictured a medium-size shaggy mutt. What does that mean?
Duh.
Oh man! If we saw anything as it was how it would be absurd..you mean when you see your wife as she is since it is absurd to you..would you modify her face in your mind like any Hollywood beauty. We would call it love earlier now it has different names and tags...I say accept anything as it is is love..I love myself would you
Lmao schrodingers gap
Good topic but ineffective method of talk
I can understand why you say that.aybe because you think providing perceive the effective talk should be more strong voice, pause, more movement etc...hmm... That's your perception but the presentation was unfolding on itself
So the globe earth is in reality flat, that’s weird?
1:03 why Are You familiar with the 100 monkey experiment and so this is why I'm sorry you have preconceived notions that give you a false sense of reality
The dry shears postauricularly terrify because geranium isely bang despite a awesome tendency. invincible, violent judge
Just Be realistic end of lecture lol
next
Can't help but think this should be the Rx for the tweeting obsessed Trump.
Not much wisdom there
I find TED talk openings so annoying
This is a horrible ted talk