Truth, reality and perception

So many things can be perceived as truth and reality.

Observation, opinion, deliberate obfuscation, scientific fact, suspicion, intuition, awareness, consciousness, perceptions, predictions, expectations, hypotheses, emotions, feelings..............

How can we place ourselves on a solid ground of truth upon which we can understand ourselves and the world we live in?

How can we deal with those whose ideas of the truth differ from ours?

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