In The Truman Show (1998), we see a modern parable of simulacra and hyperreality: Truman Burbank lives in a meticulously constructed, artificial reality designed for a TV audience, unaware that his ...

It is always fascinating, and sometimes exhausting, when a debate or spirited discussion reaches the point where opinion, personal experience, or perception quietly crosses an invisible line and ...

Despite exuding confidence, narcissistic people relentlessly crave admiration. In other words, they are unable to convince ...

A dream about a butterfly in ancient China triggered debates about perception and reality for over two millennia. Source: Calvin Mano / Unsplash During the warm summer months in ancient China, the ...

Michael Smerconish delivers a commentary from the Philadelphia suburbs discussing the gap between life perception and reality, particularly in the context of college education and the American Dream.

Anaïs Nin’s timeless observation, “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are,” is more than a poetic reflection. It is a psychological truth that quietly shapes how we interpret the world ...

Rajesh Kalra is a journalist for almost three decades and has also tried his hands at entrepreneurship in between. Although he has written on several subjects, he has a weakness for IT, ...

KARACHI: In art, shapes and forms play an important role in putting a message across through a painting or a piece of sculpture. But this is also true for the written word. Be it poetry or fiction, ...