Post #4

Aaron Boyd 

12 August 2013 

AP English 11

Mrs. Wilhelmus 

Perspective Driven Thinking

Perspective is what guides us through our daily life. Our perspective on things is what implies us to make good or bad decisions  Kant's "red tinted glasses" experiment was an experiment that was designed to prove that our perspective on things may not always be as they seem. The glasses took the sense of sight and differentiated from someone who had regular vision without the glasses which in return changed their outlook on things, this helps prove that things may not always be how they seem and that our senses may not be as reliable as we think.

Everyone has a different perspective on something, which is what makes us unique in this world. It's what separates me from you. In my opinion, we all have red tinted glasses on. Without them, where would we be in this world? The glasses help us break away from the standard and the norm and be ourselves. Which is what was another one of Kant’s goal in the experiment.  

These questions on perspective help me personally in life because my "red tinted glasses" make me infamous to what other people say or think of me. Usually people say "Yeah I don't care what people think of me", but deep down inside they really do, I don't. My glasses help separate me from the crowd and help me be myself with no cares on what other people say. I think this is an important way of thinking in life because you can't let people set you back by what they say or do, be yourself and show your colors. That was Kan'ts goal.