• External objective reality is only partially observed by any particular person. This means that a person's internal reality originates with the set of incomplete data the person observes.
• This data is enhanced (idealized) in several ways.
  • Generative completion of missing data
  • Elimination of contradictory data
  • Idealization of data
  • Organization of concepts

 

   Just what are the concepts that we think with?
   Words are clearly concepts. However, because of the predisposition of our schools to focus on words, we typically think of words as the only medium of thought- but aren't we thinking when we recognize somebody and don't know their name. The name follows the thought. Language is too limiting a definition of thought. Faces and identification of objects in our external reality are concepts. These concepts we hold about reality are idealized and quasi-permanent.
   What do we do with concepts? We have a reservoir of concepts to categorize external reality into. We keep track of what concepts are currently active. We use logic on thoughts. We use intuition to see relationships between similar patterns.
   There are a few other points that are worth mentioning now.