Balderdash. When are people going to stop using this idiotic expression?
Reality is reality.
You’re familiar with the expression, “Money is the root of all evil”, are you not? Makes no sense at all. But when you use the whole quote, “The love of money is the root of all evil” (1 Tim. 6:10), it makes perfect sense.
So it is with “Perception is reality”. I’ve always said, “To some people, perception is reality”. Dear old Mom used to say that to me when I was a kid and it’s as true today it was then.