Escapism: Using any method to interpret reality instead of directly facing said reality.
Interesting. I’ve never heard anyone attempt to define escapism like that. Where are you getting this definition?
Or from the other side, what word would you use to mean,
habitual diversion of the mind to purely imaginative activity or entertainment as an escape from reality or routine
Hopefully you agree that “purely imaginative…escape from reality” is distinct from “any method to interpret reality”.
If you’re looking at a picture of a tree and using your imagination to marry it to the real thing, that is escapism.
What if I told you that looking at a real tree is an act of using your imagination to marry it to reality? Consider that humans looked at the moon and stars every day for centuries before we understood what they were in reality. Some people still do to this today.
Regardless of whether you’re considering something in front of you or a concept in abstract, if you’re attempting to grapple with the nature of reality, you are most certainly not engaging in escapism.
My logic is sound and attempting to parse it leads you right back to my original statement.
If you’re going to get philosophical then I’d want to know what reality you’re trying to escape by doing so. Might I offer the chance to go look at a tree?
Yeah, I am interested in understanding your world view, and am trying to ask direct questions about it so I can understand it better (such as how you arrived at your definition of escapism), but if that’s not something that interests you, and you’d rather stoop to ad hominem jabs (like telling me I’m drunk, or to touch grass/look at trees), then we can call it here. Your call.
Interesting. I’ve never heard anyone attempt to define escapism like that. Where are you getting this definition?
Or from the other side, what word would you use to mean,
Hopefully you agree that “purely imaginative…escape from reality” is distinct from “any method to interpret reality”.
What if I told you that looking at a real tree is an act of using your imagination to marry it to reality? Consider that humans looked at the moon and stars every day for centuries before we understood what they were in reality. Some people still do to this today.
Regardless of whether you’re considering something in front of you or a concept in abstract, if you’re attempting to grapple with the nature of reality, you are most certainly not engaging in escapism.
My logic is sound and attempting to parse it leads you right back to my original statement.
If you’re going to get philosophical then I’d want to know what reality you’re trying to escape by doing so. Might I offer the chance to go look at a tree?
Yeah, I am interested in understanding your world view, and am trying to ask direct questions about it so I can understand it better (such as how you arrived at your definition of escapism), but if that’s not something that interests you, and you’d rather stoop to ad hominem jabs (like telling me I’m drunk, or to touch grass/look at trees), then we can call it here. Your call.
I’ve already answered all your questions if you read to understand instead of read to argue.
I know you’re assuming I’m just being difficult but I’m rolling my eyes at how obvious it is, the thing you refuse to see.
In a way, that’s probably . . . Escapism on your part.