The Encyclopedia
of World Problems
& Human Potential

Substitution of fantasy for reality

Visualization of narrower problems

Name(s):

Wishful thinking

Unrealistic beliefs

Treating fiction as reality

Imposition of a fictional worldview

Myths

Claim

For philosophers wishful thinking is unforgivable. It is the chief barrier to the advancement of humanity, whether intellectual, practical, or even moral. If a person's logic is corrupted, how can she or he hope for movement toward truth ?

Counter-claim

Who is to determine what is reality, a supreme reality verifier, a panel of experts, history, the mob or each individual for himself. Each of these are inadequate.

Broader

Avoidance of reality

Narrower

Unrealistic policies

Infantilization of women

Untrue myths about virginity

Untried communication methods

Unrealistic attempts at globality

Family adaptation of community status quo

Uncontrolled use of virtual reality equipment

Children's misapprehension of reality in the media

Aggravates

Misrepresentation

Ambiguous thinking

Elusiveness of reality

Human sexual inadequacy

Unrealistic expectations

Confusion over sex roles

Minimization of problems

Commodification of fantasy

Destructive performance art

Unreliable evidence of children

Haphazard forms of social ethics

Identification with artificial reality

Mismatch between theory and practical reality

Aggravated by

Groupthink

Objectivism

Dependence on popular idols

Corrupting influence of fiction

Strategy(ies)

Bluffing

Grounding myths in reality

Promoting fantasy

Discrediting substitution of fantasy for reality

Understanding children's inability to separate fantasy from reality

Imposing fictional worldview

Improving children's ability to separate fantasy from reality

Value(s)

Type

(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

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Non-profit, apolitical, independent, and non-governmental in nature, the UIA has been a pioneer in the research, monitoring and provision of information on international organizations, international associations and their global challenges since 1907.

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