The Sun is Not What we We Have Been Told....

[zenmaster]

"Magical thinking" prevails when education and common sense are lacking. Fantasy must fill in the knowledge gaps with whatever most closely resonates with whimsical desire. Not quite "science", now is it.

Regardless of the stars: but does not 'common sense' draw simply on consensus? Consensus reality is not 'real' is it? Fantasy must be sourced from imagination.
Did Einstein for example draw on consensus or on his faculties of imagination when making his discoveries?
I recall having a similar conversation with a scientologist who proposed the 'reality is consensus' view - that seemed off to me at that time.
It would seem that consensus would serve only the prevailing paradigm.
You got me slightly confused zen, care to expand?

Yes, reality vs what is not reality is not really pertinent IMO. It's the learning attitude vs one which seeks distraction and sleep or will not temper intuition with rationality. Knowledge IS rationally interpreted experience. If you dwell in fantasy, the imbalance denies opportunity for learning - even though it may SEEM otherwise. It may seem otherwise because when everything is possible, it seems that opportunity is abundant.