Does the material world exist only to those who believe in science?

Perception is reality. We perceive with our senses, and our minds tell us what we are sensing. A bird perceives with its senses, and its mind tells it what it is sensing.

The mind retains relevant information as knowledge. The bird flies through the air but does its mind tell it that it is flying through space and the time it takes to get where it is going?

Space and time are concepts of physics. They are dimensions of a material world made up of matter, its third dimension. The three concepts of space, time, and matter are the fundamental thought patterns of physics, a branch of science invented by the human mind.

Can we conclude that the material world exists only to those believe in science?

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LadyGrace ·

If you dive into the definitions of the two words “perception” and “reality,” you will see that reality excludes perception. Perception: A way of understanding or interpreting things. Reality: The state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may be perceived or might be imagined.

sree251 · 41-45, M

@LadyGrace

Reality: The state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may be perceived or might be imagined.

Thank you for your contribution. You made a distinction between perception and reality.

Using your viewpoint, both the physicist and the bird perceives themselves in a world. The physicist's world is a material one in which we all, who are educated in science, lives. The bird's world is perceived or imagined differently without any concepts of physics. Do you agree?