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[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I think I've eventually arrived at "Everything is an illusion but it's the only illusion we have, so it's as real as anything else." Everything we experience is a subjective response to a stimuli and no two people have that exact same response. It's irrelevant whether we're meat golems piloted by ghosts, dream figments, or NPCs in a massive simulation, because we live in a world with billions of others, and what we do matters to ourselves and those others.

I guess recognizing everyone else as real puts me in the Everything Is Real camp.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

most people only have issues with stuff being real when it upsets them. and the response to hurt feelings, is 'it must/should not exist'.

when they like it, they are totally on board with it's reality.

but most folks are too big brained to admit that's the motivating factor. and also, that a most of us are raging hypocrites about it and refuse to acknowledge things exist outside our knowledge of them.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

Congratulations on your conversion to Buddhism.

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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Where's "we live in a simulation and if you take enough drugs you can see the code in a laser beam"? Off the scale?

[–] Uebercomplicated@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That would be Philip K. Dick's VALIS. Where the protagonist, Horselover Fat (a scifi author suspiciously similar to PKD himself), sees the truth of the world on a laser beam and takes a lot of dope. Great, insane book, 10/10.

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[–] story@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

this is really very good, did you make this? if not, where did you find it?

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

i'm real because i'm here, can't speak for the rest.

[–] mika_mika@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Where's that fancy green cup fellow I see everywhere to answer this?

[–] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I wish reality was objective, so I wouldn't have to worry about it :3

[–] AliOski@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago

Enough people don't worry about reality

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