Perception is Thought

Perception is a form of thinking, for it goes beyond sensory input to apply perceptual filters and translation matrices.

Senses are inputs, and we are responsible for processing them into knowledge. Knowledge is a resource, and we are responsible for processing it into wise living. None of this is automatic. None is accidental. Most is background processing, but we are responsible to feed the stores that run the process.

Perceptions are processed inputs, for we almost never received the actual, though it is available to us. Rather, we practice selective perception by nature. This is why thinking in community is so important, for in community we bump up against the perceptual filters of others.