PERCEPTION
  1. perception is the process of recording data from the physical universe and storing it as a theta facsimile. (HFP, p. 181)
  2. channels through which one can contact the physical universe. (SA, p. 64)
  3. any means of communicating below the level of knowingness. There are more than fifty perceptions used by the physical body, the best-known of which are sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. (COHA Gloss)


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