Social media’s mantra is that “perception is reality” — that we each have a license to construct our own alternate realities, no matter how divergent from actual, verifiable truth.
This is nonsense. (View Highlight)
Two well-meaning and intelligent people can look at the same facts and come to different conclusions. The key is to recognize that these differing views come from differences in perspective and interpretation, not from alternate realities. (View Highlight)