Nietzsche on Consciousness and Utility
We don't see reality, we see what is useful.
The measure of that of which we [are] at all conscious is so entirely dependent upon broad considerations of utility for consciousness … Will To Power, Nietzsche
In typical style, Nietzsche throws a grenade into the room and then disappears. The quote given above would not be out of place in discussions around the nature of the reality we perceive today…