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Because I reject mainstream economists based upon their conclusions many people may suggest I am not being scientific in my approach. A good scientist does not aim to prove a particular result, but to discover the truth without bias. It could be said that my rejection of mainstream economics is not founded in reality and therefore my acceptance of Austrian economics is not well founded.

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This is where I am going to get a tad philosophical for a moment. When it comes to reality, what do we really know? We could be living in the Matrix. This could all be a dream or we could be a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001N4Q4MA/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001N4Q4MA&linkCode=as2&tag=bytesblog-20&linkId=YHY27LUT66SB56J6">spec on a clover</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=bytesblog-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001N4Q4MA" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />. From my perspective the only “objective” thing I know is that I am. Everything else might be a really persistent dream; a figment of my super-consiousness. For a better understanding of my take on realtiy, read the article by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401922767/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1401922767&linkCode=as2&tag=bytesblog-20&linkId=3AJWRWPOLHZ7DM2Z">Steve Pavlina</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=bytesblog-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1401922767" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> on [Subjective Reality]({% post_url 2007-09-22-Subjective-Reality-Simplified %}).
This is where I am going to get a tad philosophical for a moment. When it comes to reality, what do we really know? We could be living in the Matrix. This could all be a dream or we could be a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001N4Q4MA/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001N4Q4MA&linkCode=as2&tag=bytesblog-20&linkId=YHY27LUT66SB56J6">spec on a clover</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=bytesblog-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001N4Q4MA" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />. From my perspective the only “objective” thing I know is that I am. Everything else might be a really persistent dream; a figment of my super-consiousness. For a better understanding of my take on reality, read the article by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401922767/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1401922767&linkCode=as2&tag=bytesblog-20&linkId=3AJWRWPOLHZ7DM2Z">Steve Pavlina</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=bytesblog-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1401922767" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> on [Subjective Reality]({% post_url 2007-09-22-Subjective-Reality-Simplified %}).

Given that the existence of objective reality is just as unprovable as subjective reality we are each free to adopt what ever view we find by experimentation to be most beneficial for creating a happy and enjoyable life. In my case I have found the subjective reality perspective to be most useful and thus this is the foundation of everything else.

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