Sometimes a false perception creates reality.
Because we tend to act in response to, or in the wake of, that perception (consciously or unconsciously). Those actions then create a reality that would not have been created sans that perception.
The phenomena known as 'self-fulfilling prophecy' and 'self-defeating prophecy' are instances of a false perception creating reality.
For example, a false perception that a hostile country is preparing to attack our country may impel us to make war preparations, which may in turn alarm the other country and induce it also to start preparing for a war. All this may lead to a real war.
The expression "ideas starting to take on a life of their own" probably also alludes to the same idea.
Because we tend to act in response to, or in the wake of, that perception (consciously or unconsciously). Those actions then create a reality that would not have been created sans that perception.
The phenomena known as 'self-fulfilling prophecy' and 'self-defeating prophecy' are instances of a false perception creating reality.
For example, a false perception that a hostile country is preparing to attack our country may impel us to make war preparations, which may in turn alarm the other country and induce it also to start preparing for a war. All this may lead to a real war.
The expression "ideas starting to take on a life of their own" probably also alludes to the same idea.
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