Philosophers find that reality is impossible to define objectively. Waelder pointed out that ego psychology is not a shift of ground but an extension of interest from the unconscious id to the unconscious responses which it elicits. Ego psychology is not a turning away from reality to the intrapsychic. Erikson's term of actuality is more in the 'here and now' participation that is free from defensive acting out. Actuality includes the wish for fidelity, hope, strength, and care. An analyst must recognize the actualities of life. From this point in the article the author does some shifting himself into questions of selectivity of candidates for psychoanalytic training, stressing that this cannot be done just by academic standards.