“The Idols of Tribe have their foundation in human nature itself, and in the tribe or race of men.  For it is a false assertion that the sense of man is the measure of things.  On the contrary, all perceptions as well of the sense as of the mind are according to the measure of the universe.  And the human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.”  – Francis Bacon, Novum Oganum

We now know that the mere act of observing “things” changes them, as noted in the famous double slit experiment.  No such thing as the cold, disconnected, and totally objective fantasy of science exists, especially on a quantum level.  If everything we view is distorted and discolored, and mixed with our own nature by simply looking at it, then there is no pure form of nature, at least none that we can experience, on any level.  If there is no pure form, only WE can be the measure of things based on our individual experiences.  Perception IS reality.  Isn’t it possible that the measure of the universe was built into the minds of humans, as we ourselves are built of the universe?