The Truman Show Q2

Question 2 - 3. “We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented”
Bearing in mind this quote from the film, what does this film teach us about perception? Consider our discussions surrounding the concept of illusion.

This film clearly shows that we accept the reality that we are told is true. Our only way to really learn and understand is by what others teach us of our reality, meaning that if we are told the world is square, unless we find out for some other reason it is round, we will believe it is square. Much as we believe that currently there are no other planets with life in our solar system as we are told that, from other scientists. How do we know this? Our reality may be something quite different. We often believe in certain religions, as we are told them from our parents and families. Because we are raised to believe that this is what reality is, that is often how we end up believing ourselves. We do not know whether or not the world really is how it is taught in classrooms, or whether what we see around us is all there is, but because that is what we are told to believe, we are less inclined to question it. Humans are naturally social creatures, we travel in packs, and carry the herd mentality. A popular saying is "if all your friends were to jump off a cliff, would you follow them?". Now we know that we should not follow them, in that particular example, but what if it was, everyone in the world believes that that cliff is solid ground, therefore they all jump off it, if you are told to believe that that is solid ground, would you not go there too? If you truly believed that there was no cliff and you were safe, you would not hesitate to go past it. That is what is meant by that quote. We believe what we are told, and what we can see, although it would be difficult to not believe in everything we were told and saw. Then we would not know what to believe at all.