Perceiving Perception

So, to perceive what is, it would be handy to try work out what perception is. without wishing to come over all holistic, it's rather difficult to entirely disconnect the study of perception from consideration of what perception is of. We're used to the idea the the world around us is made of atoms, but you can't see them or feel them. Our perception has a certain scale - not too big, nor too minute, not too fast or indeed, too small; the scale of our perception is the scale of our feasible interactions. our perception of the world is the perception of our world. Hence, we can't perceive "objectively" and "completely accurately". Doesn't stop us trying, though - and really, the history of tool using is the history of a long, slow effort to extend our perception-and-interaction. We just cannot accept that what's presented to us in our immediate surroundings is all there is, "we'll not let it lie..."