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Reality Is a Shared Hallucination—And It’s at Risk of Collapsing, Scientist Claims
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Just because we can't see it doesn't mean we can't observe it and characterize it. This line of thinking is so limited because it only considers our senses in how they're applied directly.
Is reality actually what we experience? Who knows. Does it matter? Not really, I'd argue. There are provable facts underlying the reality we experience which are true regardless of an individual or even a collective's perception of them. Gamma rays exist without you perceiving them. But they are provably true. Their effects can be measured. They can be observed. If they couldn't, then we would never know they exist and thus they'd in essence not exist for us. But would that matter?
Thank you. That was exactly what I tried to express, though I did focus on perception in my reply, I must admit.
Reality is reality. The Earth revolves around the sun, whether earthworms know it or not.