
07 July 2004
What is reality?
What is reality? As I was commenting on Summer's blog, we ran across the topic of reality(not directly but hey). So I thought I would tackle the question of reality. So....What is reality? Is it what we feel, see, and hear? If so then your reality is different then my reality, because when you read this, you will be seeing and hearing something totally different than I. For example, at the moment my Dad is watching LOTR("Tomatoes...Just as nice, crispy, and baked." "We saved some for you Mister Frodo".), and the noise of that is influencing my reality. You might have a totally different reality then, because of what you hear, see, smell, etc. Or, is reality set? As I type on my computer, is the fact that there is a keyboard there reality? If that's true, then, if, for example, there is a Matrix, where everything we see and hear is being controlled by a machine, then the machines are reality, whereas in the other hypothesis, what the machines show us is reality. I leave it up to discussion.