In order to understand the truth, we must understand the filters of how we perceive the world.

ideas such as science or statements made towards the “real god” (or other statements concerning religious ethics etc.) of course all those people who are passionate about religion will debate against science and the “real god” because they use religion as a filter, twisting their opinion into the way they perceive the world through the filter of religion. In terms of language, language is more or less similar to religion. However, there are so many different languages (not including just verbal, but physical language such as sign language) thus making the barrier between understanding a person speaking another language. For example, a Chinese teacher teaching at an American college. When the teacher points at a student, she uses her middle finger. In most cases in China, pointing with your middle finger is something that is okay. However, in western culture using the middle finger is offensive (sign language). This is where the language filter comes in. Because of the language difference in these two cultures, the American students see the middle finger as offensive but the Chinese teacher see’s it as appropriate. It’s because of this Western culture, the language filter in the mind of the American students is interpreting the sign language as offensive and vice versa for the Chinese teacher. In relation to the gender filter, male and females are not only different in gender but also the way they think. When faced with an object that has relation to both genders, they are probably likely to disagree, applying their gender filter. For example, a young women walks through the door. One female and one male are sitting in the room. The female perceives this woman as someone whose promiscuous and skimpy outfit. But the male however perceives this woman as very attractive. The main reason why these two genders form different opinions is because of the gender filter. The female filter creates opinions through their specific filter, as well as men. If it were a young man that walked through the room the opinions formed would have turned into the exact opposite. Finally, besides the main filters there are also other filters that fall in between. A Filter can develop as a result of a certain conflict between you and another person. So whenever the person says/does something the other person will use that conflict filter to form bad opinions not matter what. To conclude, there are three basic filters that affect our opinions and ultimately how we perceive the world. There are also other filters that can fall in between. But how do these filters affect our world and the truth in it? Now that different filters have been identified we can investigate into how these filters affect our world. I think one of the biggest cases where filters have affected our world is the racial segregation in the USA. I purposely didn’t mention the racial filter in order to explain this example. Ever since the immigration of Africans into the USA the Caucasian population has racially segregated them and oppressed them. The Caucasian population had this racial filter that those with dark colored skin were unequal to them. Same goes with the African Americans. Because of these racial filters that affected the way they saw perceived each other it ultimately led to hundreds maybe thousands dead. This isn’t only evident in the US but in other incidences such as the Holocaust. These filters such as the racial filter can impact our world in a negative way, causing violence and oppression. But how do we move on from such filters like these? Like the question states: “ In order to find out how things really are, one must understand the filters through which one perceives the world.” Referring to the first part of the statement “in order to find out how things really are, one must understand the filters…” Because we have recognized these filters it leaves us with the “…how things really are…” part of the statement. In order to understand how things really are everyone needs to take a step back and look at it from the outside and peel back the layers. Using the gender filter as an example, we know the female finds the woman skimpy while the male finds her attractive. If we peel away these gender filters, in the end all we have is a young woman and that’s the truth. Without these filters forming an opinion all she is, is just a woman. Same goes with the racial filters, by removing this filter that African Americans are inferior or Caucasians are evil all we see are equal people. Which is what has happened in the US. African Americans are just as equal to any other American. This is real evidence/example of people removing their filters “in order to find out how things really are”. By identifying the basic filters such as religion, gender and language and reflecting how they affect this world we are able to take a step back and peel through these filter to find out the truth and “…how things really are…”.