Tao Yin,
At this point I would have the ability to change my perception of 2 and make it 3 or whatever, and believe it to be so, well, that is unless I didn't value my life whatsoever.
But your belief doesn't make it so. It doesn't even make it true FOR YOU. It just means you believe it to be true and you are mistaken. So, the meaning of 2+2 isn't relative. It's quite absolute.
Point being that your perceptions don't have any impact on what is real or true IN FACT, and what is not. They are simply your perceptions of reality. If your perception of reality is/was that all chairs had teeth and wanted to eat you when you sat down that doesn't change the fact that chairs do not have teeth and do not desire to eat you. If you perceive that you can fly, it does not necessarily follow that you can.
This is why Cognitive Relativism is bunk. It grants validity to bull****.
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